In the early eleventh century, the Chola king Rajendra I built a Shiva temple and filled it with a Sun-pedestal seized from the .

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Key Points

In the early eleventh century, the Chola king Rajendra I built a Shiva temple and filled it with a Sun-pedestal seized from the Chalukyas.
Rajendra-I of the Cholas erected a Shiva temple in the center of his kingdom and filled it with priceless statues he had taken from defeated kings, including a Sun-pedestal from the Chalukyas, a Ganesha statue, several Durga statues, a Nandi statue, an image of Bhairava and Bhairavi from the Kalingas of Orissa, and a Kali statue from the Palas of Bengal.
The Chola Empire was ruled by Rajendra Chola I from 1014 until 1044 CE.
For his role in promoting the arts, fostering trade, and greatly extending the Chola Empire, he is regarded as the most important monarch in early eleventh-century South Asia.
The settlement of Mahatittha, which was later given the name Rajaraja-pura, was home to a Shiva temple built by Chola official Tali Kumaran.
The island's Chola-occupied regions were given the name Mummudicholamandalam after Mummudi Chola, also known as Rajaraja I, Rajendra's father.

Important Points

The Palas Empire, which arose in the Bengal region and ruled the Indian subcontinent from 750 to 1161 CE, was a major imperial force during this time.
In the middle of the third century CE, the Deccan region of India gave rise to the Vakataka dynasty. Their territory is thought to have spanned from the northern and southern borders of Malwa and Gujarat to the Tungabhadra River, as well as from the western and eastern borders of Chhattisgarh to the Arabian Sea.
The eastern coastal region known as Kalinga is typically referred to as being between the Mahanadi and the Godavari rivers, while its exact boundaries have changed over time as its rulers' territories have changed.