Chola raid on Rarh

In 1019 CE, Rajendra Chola started an expedition towards Bengal. Rajendra's forces marched through Odisha towards Rarh.

Chola raid on Rarh
Date 1019 AD Location Ganges Result Pala-Chandra alliance victory
Belligerents
Chandra Dynasty Pala Empire	Chola dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Govindachandra Mahipala	Rajendra Chola I
Strength
unknown	unknown

Raid

When king Mahipala was busy fighting the Ghaznavids, Rajendra Chola I of the Chola dynasty started an expedition towards Bengal. In 1019 CE, Rajendra's forces marched through Kalinga towards the river Ganga. Instead of resisting the Ghaznavid invaders, they attacked Hindu kingdoms of the east and entered Rarh. The king of Chandra Dynasty Govindachandra resisted Cholas at his best, destroying Chola warships with Bengal dinghy boats. Getting the news of the Chola raid on Rarh, Pala king Mahipala hurried back to Gauda and stopped the Cholas on the bank of the Ganges. Recognizing the power and strength of Mahipala, the Chola king did not even dare to cross the Ganges and fled from Takkanalarama immediately.

Another sources

If the author is to be believed, we have a glimpse of a forgotten episode in the life of Mahipala from when he was an unsuccessful suitor for the hands of Durlabhadevi. A manuscript of a drama named Chanda-kauśika, by Arya Kshemisara, was discovered by MM. Haraprasad Sastri in the 19th century. It contains a verse in which king Mahipala is said to be an incarnation of Chandragupta, and the Karnatas, of the Nandas, and the play was staged before the king by his order. The poet implied that king Mahipala defeated the Karnatas as Chandragupta Maurya defeated the Nandas. Mahipala has been identified by some scholars with the Pala king Mahipala and it has been suggested that the Cholas were referred to as the Karnatas. Mr. R. D. Banerji even went so far as to suggest, "that though Mahipala was defeated by Rajendra Chola when he crossed into Radha from East Bengal, he prevented him from crossing the Ganges into Varendra or Northern Bengal, and so the Chola conqueror had to turn back from the banks of the Ganges."

See also

• Mahipala
• Rajendra I
• Chola invasion of Srivijaya

Notes

• Palas of Bengal by R.D, Banerjee
• History and Culture of Indian people, The age of Imperial kannauj by Majumdar, R.C
• Art of the Pala Empire of Bengal by French, J.C

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