Rajendra III

Rajendra III
KoParakesarivarman, Narapati
Chola territories c. 1246
Chola Emperor
Reign1246–1279
PredecessorRajaraja Chola III
SuccessorPosition disestablished (Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I as Pandya Emperor)
Died1279
QueenCholakulamadeviyar
IssueSemapillai Arasagandarama
HouseCholas
DynastyChola
ReligionHinduism

Rajendra Chola III (reigned 1246–1279) was the last Chola emperor, who reigned from 1246 until his death in 1279. Rajendra began to take effective control over the administration, and epigraphs of Rajendra Chola III indicate there was civil war ending with the death of Rajaraja Chola III. Rajendra's inscriptions laud him as the "cunning hero, who killed Rajaraja after making him wear the double crown for three years".

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