Editing Aditya I (section)

== Conquest of Tondaimandalam and Kongu Nadu ==
Aditya Chola I did not rest content with his subordinate position. So he planned to overthrow the Pallavas. He invaded [[Tondaimandalam|Tondai nadu]] in 897 CE and in a battle that ensued, he pounced upon Aparajita when he was mounted on an elephant and slew him. The whole of the Pallava kingdom now became Chola territory. The [[Western Ganga dynasty|Western Ganga]] king Prithvipati II acknowledged the suzerainty of Aditya Chola. Aditya next conquered the [[Kongu Nadu]] from Pandyan king Parantaka Viranarayanan.<ref name=":122">{{Cite book |last=K.A. |first=Nilakanta Sastri |title=A History of South India from Prehistoric to the Fall of Vijayanagar |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1955 |pages=Page=167 |language=English}}</ref> This campaign was possibly supported by [[Sthanu Ravi Varma|Sthanu Ravi]], the [[Chera Perumals of Makotai|Chera]] ruler of Kerala.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Ali |first=Daud |date=2017 |title=Companionship, Loyalty and Affiliation in Chola South India |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0257643016677455?journalCode=siha |journal=Studies in History |language=en |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=36–60 |doi= |issn=}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Narayanan |first=M. G. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YDCngEACAAJ&q=perumals+of+kerala |title=Perumals of Kerala |publisher=CosmoBooks |year=2013 |isbn=9788188765072 |location=Thrissur (Kerala) |pages=435-437 |orig-date=1972}}</ref>