Editing Aditya I (section)

{{Short description|Chola emperor from 871 to 905}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{use Indian English|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox royalty
| title        = Rajakesari Varman, <br> Tondaimanarrur Tunjina Udaiyar, <br> Kodandarama
| image        = aditya territories.png
| alt          = 
| caption      = ''Chola Territories c. 905 CE''
| succession = [[Chola Empire|Chola Emperor]]
| reign        = {{circa|871|907}}
| predecessor  = [[Vijayalaya Chola]]
| successor    = [[Parantaka I]]
| spouse       = Tribhuvanamadeviyar<br />Ilangon Pichchi
| spouse-type  = Queens
| issue        = [[Parantaka I|Parantaka Chola I]]
<br> Kannara Devan
| house        = 
| father       = [[Vijayalaya Chola]]
| mother       = Anaghavati
| religion     = [[Hinduism]]
| dynasty      = [[Chola dynasty|Chola]]
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = [[Pazhayarai]], [[Pallava Empire]] <br>(7km from present-day [[Kumbakonam]], Tamil Nadu, India)
| death_date   = 907
| death_place  = Tondaimanarrur, [[Chola Kingdom]] <br> (present-day [[Srikalahasti]], Andhra Pradesh, India)
}}
{{chola history}}
'''Aditya Chola I''', the son of [[Vijayalaya Chola]], was the [[Chola Empire|Chola]] king who laid the foundation of the [[Chola Empire]] with the conquest of the [[Pallavas|Pallava Kingdom]] and the occupation of the [[Western Ganga Kingdom]] and [[Kongu Nadu]].<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=46–49}}</ref> Aditya Chola I was succeeded by his eldest son [[Parantaka I|Parantaka Chola I]].