They describe a war against Kalinga (Odisha) and how, as the Chola army marched, it dried up rivers. They describe how villages were being set afire, how little flower gardens were burned ...

and the Chola army lost the battle mainly on account of a well-aimed arrow of Butuga having fatally wounded Rajaditya. “The heroic Rajaditya, the ornament of the solar race, having shaken in the ...

While Rajaraja Chola’s military expeditions across the Indian Ocean are well known, Kanisetti argues that the economic and cultural impact of Tamil merchant networks was just as significant.