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This article is about the hero unit. For the campaign, see Rajendra. |
| “ | I had learned one great truth: that there is no such thing as corruption. It is only what the weak call the will of the strong - and I am no longer weak. | ” |
| —Outro of Slaying the Vritra | ||
Rajendra Chola is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dynasties of India. He has a unique appearance. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health.
Campaign appearance[]
Bayinnaung[]
- The White Elephant: Since Dynasties of India, Thinga Dathta is a renamed Rajendra. He is located to the west of Lan Na and will join Bayinnaung's invasion of Thailand upon being found.
- The Old Tiger: Since Dynasties of India, Thinga Dathta is a renamed Rajendra, leading the western Burmese invasion of Mrauk U.
Rajendra[]
- The Successor: Rajendra and Araiyan campaign north against the Chalukyan dynasty. After hearing of his father's death, Rajendra will retreat and leave the command of the invasion to Araiyan.
- Deeds of the Father: Rajendra leads the invasion of Sri Lanka, attempting to crush the rebelling king Mahinda and secure the island for the Cholas.
- Rising Star: Rajendra rules the Chola Empire, increasing its influence across southern India by engaging in military campaigns and establishing foreign connections.
- Sacred Waters: Rajendra launches an invasion to the northeast, in an attempt to expand his territory all the way to the Ganges delta.
- Slaying the Vritra: Rajendra leads the Chola naval invasion of the Srivijaya Empire, conquering the Empire and its vassal states alongside his Khmer allies.
History[]
Rajendra Chola I (971 CE – 1044 CE) often described as Rajendra the Great, was a Chola Emperor who ruled between 1014 and 1044 CE. Rajendra succeeded his father Rajaraja I in 1014 CE. The extensive Chola empire under Rajendra I included most parts of present-day south India, with the river Krishna as the northern limit, Sri Lanka in the south, and the Laccadives and the Maldives in the west. He carried out a successful military expedition to the River Ganges through Odisha and Bengal and brought water of the Ganges to his new capital down in the Kaveri Delta, Gangaikondacholapuram. Rajendra's ambitious campaign against the Srivijaya (ruling over the southern Malay peninsula and Sumatra) is dated to c. 1025 CE. A number of strategic places along the Straits of Malacca came under Chola control as a result of this campaign. Rajendra was succeeded by his son Rajadhiraja I (1044 - 1054).
The Cholas were by far the most important dynasty of South Asia at the time of Rajendra, although their activities mainly affected South India and Southeast Asia. The Chola naval campaigns in the Arabian Sea and the Strait of Malacca were essential to the control over the Indian Ocean spice trade (from Southeast Asia or southern China to Arabia or eastern Africa).
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