Battle of Donur

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Battle of Donur
Part of Chalukya-Chola Wars
Date1007 CE
Location
Donur
Result Chola victory
Belligerents
Western Chalukyas Chola Empire
Commanders and leaders
Satyashraya Raja Raja Chola I
Rajendra Chola I
Strength
Unknown 900,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Battle of Donur was fought between the Cholas, during the reign of Raja Raja Chola I, and the Western Chalukya king Satyashraya at the town of Donur in Bijapur district, Karnataka, in southern India, in 1007 CE. The Cholas were led by crown-prince Rajendra Chola I.

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Causes

The Cholas had defeated the Gangas, weakened by the independence war waged against them by the Western Chalukyas, and conquered Gangapadi and Nolambapadi (Southern Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh). [1]

Events

An inscription of the third year of Rajendra Chola states that, Rajendra defeated Satyashraya and successfully raided Banavasi, Donur (in the Bijapur region), unkal (near modern Hubli) , Kudala sangama  and parts of the Raichur Doab (called Iditurainadu) and  secured Gangavadi and Nolambavadi. [2] [3] [4] According to an inscription of Satyasraya from Dharwad, Rajaraja Nittavinoda Rajendra Vidyadhara, ornament of the Chola race, Nurmudi-Chola (one-hundred-crown Chola) invaded the Western Chalukya Empire in 1007 AD with an army of 900,000 soldiers, carrying fire and sword throughout the region. [5] The invading troops advanced as far as Donur in Bijapur district on their way to the Chalukya capital Manyakheta, where they were met by the Chalukya army under Satyashraya. The Tanjore big temple inscriptions state that Rajendra Chola I destroyed the Western Chalukya capital. [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Cholas I.
  2. ↑ The History and Culture of the Indian People. G. Allen & Unwin. 1951.
  3. ↑ Historical Inscriptions Of Southern India. BRAOU, Digital Library Of India. Kitabistam, Allahabad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ↑ Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta (1958). History of South India.
  5. ↑ James Heitzman, Wolfgang Schenkluhn. The World in the Year 1000. University Press of America, 2004. p. 311.
  6. ↑ Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta (1958). History of South India.
  7. ↑ Historical Inscriptions Of Southern INida. BRAOU, Digital Library Of India. Kitabistam,Allahabad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ↑ "South Indian Inscriptions Volume 2 - Rajarajesvara Temple Inscriptions at Tanjavur @ whatisindia.com". www.whatisindia.com. Retrieved 31 July 2025.

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