Rajendra Chola begins northern campaign

1014

The Tamil emperor, already master of Sri Lanka and the southern peninsula, dispatched his generals northward through Kalinga toward the Ganges. His armies defeated the rulers of Orissa and Bengal in succession, carrying water from the sacred river back to the Chola capital. Rajendra took the title Gangaikonda, Bringer of the Ganges, and built a new city to celebrate.