Takkolam, Battle of
949 CE
The Battle of Takkolam is a military engagement between Rajaditya, son of the Chola king Parantaka I and a confederacy of Western Gangas, Banas and Vaidumbas led by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna III at Takkolam in the present-day Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India.
The battle fought in 949 results in the defeat of the Cholas and the death of Rajaditya on the battlefield.
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The Rashtrakutans defeat the Cholans in a series of campaigns beginning in 948, taking the Vengi plain and in 949, dealing the expansionist Cholas a disastrous military setback.