Arinjaya Chola

Arinjaya Chola
Parakesari Varman, Arikulakesari
Reign956-957 CE
PredecessorGandaraditya
SuccessorParantaka Chola II
Born897 CE
Thanjavur
Died957 CE
Aarur (Tiruvarur)
QueenKalyani
Viman Kundaviyar
Kothai Pirattiyar
IssueParantaka Chola II (Sundara Chola)
DynastyChola
FatherParantaka I
MotherChera princess of Paluvettaraiyar family[1]
ReligionHinduism

Arinjaya Chola was a ruler of the Chola kingdom. He was the third son of Parantaka I and the younger brother of Gandaraditya Chola, whom he is thought to have succeeded in about 956.[2] Arinjaya Chola was succeeded by his son Sundara Chola (Parantaka II) as Madurantaka Uttama Chola was not old enough to ascend the throne. Arinjaya seems to have ruled for a very short time.[3]

Recent scholarship suggests that Arinjaya was the son of a Chera princess (hence a half-brother to prince Rajaditya).[4] As per the Anbil plates of Sundara Chola, Arinjaya's mother was the daughter of Paluvettaraiyar, therein described as a Chera prince.[5]

  1. ^ S. Swaminathan. The early Chōḷas history, art, and culture. Sharada Pub. House, 1998. p. 78.
  2. ^ S. Swaminathan. The early Chōḷas history, art, and culture. Sharada Pub. House, 1998. p. 78.
  3. ^ International Association of Tamil Research, International Institute of Tamil Studies (1978). Journal of Tamil Studies, Issues 14-18. International Institute of Tamil Studies. p. 53.
  4. ^ George Spencer, ‘Ties that Bound: Royal Marriage Alliance in the Chola Period’, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Asian Studies (Hong Kong: Asian Research Service, 1982), 723.
  5. ^ S. Swaminathan. The early Chōḷas history, art, and culture. Sharada Pub. House, 1998. p. 78.

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