personnel from Kerala (Chera) chiefdoms. The Battle of Takkolam fought in 948-49 CE resulted in the death of Rajaditya on the battlefield and the defeat of the Chola garrison at Takkolam. According to the Atakur inscription, during the battle, Rajaditya was struck while seated atop his war elephant by an arrow from prince Butuga II. The Chola prince died instantly. The Chola army was subsequently defeated and retreated in disorder. The collapse of the Chola resistance after the battle of Takkolam lead to the virtual destruction of the Chola empire. Here is an excerpt from Atakur inscription : The subsidiary record engraved on the upper part of slab throws some more light on the incident: Chola-Chera Perumal relations (c. 9th-10th centuries AD) References Further reading George Spencer, 'Ties that Bound', P. F. I. S. A. S. (Hong Kong: Asian Research Service, 1982), 723. Daud Ali. 'The Death of a Friend'. Studies in History, vol. 33, no. 1, 2017, pp. 36–60. M. G. S. Narayanan, Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. Epigraphia Indica Epigraphia Indica 6 (1900–01), no. 6c: 53–56 Epigraphia Indica 22 (1933–34), no. 34: vv. 19–21. Epigraphia Indica 27 (1947–48), no. 47: 293–96. South Indian Inscriptions South Indian Inscriptions 2 (1895), no. 76: v. 8. South Indian Inscriptions 7 (1932), No. 1009. South Indian Inscriptions 3 (1920), no. 205: v. 54. Chola dynasty Tamil monarchs 949 deaths Year of birth unknown