Battle of Kandalur Salai
| Battle of Kandalur salai Capture of Kandalur salai | |||||||||
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| Part of Chola Expansions under Rajaraja I (late 10th century CE) | |||||||||
Inscription of Chola emperor Rajaraja from Suchindram, Kanyakumari (15th regnal year) | |||||||||
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| Unknown | Destruction of Kandalur Salai | ||||||||
The battle of Kandalur salai (c. 988 CE), also spelled Kanthaloor salai, was a decisive military assault carried out the Cholas under Rajaraja I (985—1014 CE) against the "salai" at Kandalur in south Kerala. The exact location of Kandalur, somewhere south Kerala, is a subject of scholarly debate. The phrase "Kandalur salai kalamaruttaruli" is again used to refer to the same feat in the reigns of three later Chola rulers — Rajendra, Rajadhiraja and Kulottunga.
The battle is sometimes assumed to be identical with the "conquest of Vizhinjam by a general of Rajaraja [I]", which occurred prior to the "burning of Lanka", as described in the Tiruvalangadu Plates.