Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 848 – 1279

Chola Empire

A state of 848 – 1279 — 431 years in South Asia. Its line of rulers holds 16 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
431 years
848 – 1279
Rulers
16
the Chola Emperor
Most ground
524,000 km²
in 1028
Map: Chola Empire in 1028, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Chola Empire in 1028, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 524,000 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Chola Empire in 850, first mapped

850 · first mapped · 3,100 km²

Chola Empire in 1028, at its largest

1028 · at its largest · 524,000 km²

Chola Empire in 1250, last mapped

1250 · last mapped · 7,900 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Chola Empire: 848 – 1279

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Vijayalaya Chola · 848 – 871 · no death date to read the end againstParantaka I · 907 – 955 · no death date to read the end againstGandaraditya · 955 – 956 · no death date to read the end againstParantaka II · 958 – 973 · no death date to read the end againstAditya Karikalan · 966 – 971 · no death date to read the end againstUththama Chola · 973 – 985 · no death date to read the end againstRajaraja I · 985 – 985 · no death date to read the end againstRajendra I · 1014 – 1044 · no death date to read the end againstRajendra Chola II · 1052 – 1063 · no death date to read the end againstVirarajendra Chola · 1063 – 1070 · no death date to read the end againstAthirajendra Chola · 1070 – 1070 · no death date to read the end againstKulottunga I · 1070 – 1122 · no death date to read the end againstVikrama Chola · 1122 – 1122 · no death date to read the end againstRajaraja III · 1216 – 1246 · no death date to read the end againstKulothunga III · 1218 – 1218 · no death date to read the end againstRajendra Chola III · 1246 – 1279 · no death date to read the end against900100011001200
ending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Vijayalaya Chola848 – 87123 yearsending not on record
Parantaka I907 – 95548 yearsending not on recordgrandchild
Gandaraditya955 – 9561 yearending not on recordchild
Parantaka II958 – 97315 yearsending not on recordnephew or niece
Aditya Karikalan966 – 9715 yearsending not on recordchild
Uththama Chola973 – 98512 yearsending not on record
Rajaraja I985 – 985under a yearending not on record
Rajendra I1014 – 104430 yearsending not on recordchild
Rajendra Chola II1052 – 106311 yearsending not on recordchild
Virarajendra Chola1063 – 10707 yearsending not on recordsibling
Athirajendra Chola1070 – 1070under a yearending not on recordchild
Kulottunga I1070 – 112252 yearsending not on record
Vikrama Chola1122 – 1122under a yearending not on recordchild
Rajaraja III1216 – 124630 yearsending not on record
Kulothunga III1218 – 1218under a yearending not on recordparent
Rajendra Chola III1246 – 127933 yearsending not on recordchild

16 rulers, 16 with terms dated as terms, covering 848 – 1279. Median reign 11.5 years. 2 of 15 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

900100011001200

3,100 km² in 873, 64,500 km² in 1248; at its largest 514,400 km² in 1023. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood431 years

    stood longer than 83% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held524,000 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 75% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median12 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 41% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record16

    has more rulers on record than 89% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q6806806 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.