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INVASION OF VENGI Satyasraya continued the aggressive policies of his father Tailapa II . He quickly identified the growing Chola power as his nemesis and resented their increasing influence in the Vengi region and with the Eastern Chalukyas . During his reign the Paramaras reconquered the territory that they had lost to the Chalukyas earlier. But Satyashraya was able to defeat Raja Raja Chola and the crown prince Rajendra Chola when they invaded parts of Karnataka. He also subdued the Shilahara ruler of north Konkana. Seeing increased interference of Cholas in Vengi, Satyasraya invaded Vengi in 1006 CE. WARS WITH THE CHOLAS The Cholas responded with a two-pronged attack on the Vengi kingdom and on the Western Chalukya territory itself. The Chola armies were led by Rajendra Chola I . Rajendra marched up to Donur and plundered the entire county, slaughtering women, men and children and threatening the Chalukya capital Manyakheta. Satyasrya was thus compelled to withdraw from Vengi and retreat to his kingdom in the western Deccan. After many bloody battles, Satyasrya managed to push back the Chola advance to the banks of the river Tungabhadra . An inscription of Rajaraja from c. 1003 C.E. asserts that he captured by force Rattapadi. Rajendra led the Chola armies against the Western Chalukyas. According to the Hottur inscriptions of Satyasraya, dated 1007 – 1008 C.E., the Chola king with a force numbering nine hundred thousand had ‘pillaged the whole country. Rajaraja’s inscriptions indicate that the Chola army elephants wrought havoc on the banks of the river Tungabhadra . Rajaraja however could not capture the Western Chalukya capital Manyakheta. Though overwhelmed by the strength and rapidity of the Chola advance Satyasraya soon recovered and by hard fighting rolled back the invasion. Satyasraya was succeeded by his son Vikramaditya V in 1008 . REFERENCES
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