Ruler · 947 – 1014

Rajaraja I

Lived 947 – 1014. Chola king of Chola dynasty, 985 – 1014; also in the line of Chola Empire.

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Lived: 947 – 1014; 67 years
In office: 29 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Chola king

Chola dynasty · the 6th of 19 dated reigns · 848 – 1279

2 before

Parantaka I907 – 955

Arinjaya Chola956 – …

Parantaka II957 – 970

Rajaraja I985 – 1014

Rajendra I1014 – 1044

Rajadhiraja I1044 – 1054

Rajendra Chola II1054 – 1063

10 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 985 – 1014 · 29 years · came to it aged 38

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1014, the year they died

Also in the line of Chola Empire (7th of 16).

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