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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Battle in India in 1007}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox military conflict<br /> |conflict=Battle of Donur<br /> |partof=[[Chalukya-Chola Wars]]<br /> |image=<br /> |caption=<br /> |date=1007 CE<br /> |place=Donur<br /> |result= Imperial Chola victory<br /> * Gangapadi and Nolambapadi remain with the Cholas<br /> |combatant1=[[Western Chalukyas]]<br /> |combatant2=[[Chola Empire]]<br /> |commander1=[[Satyashraya]]<br /> | commander2 = [[Raja Raja Chola I]]<br /> [[Rajendra Chola I]]<br /> |strength1=Unknown<br /> | strength2 = 900,000<br /> |casualties1=Unknown<br /> |casualties2=Unknown<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Battle of Donur&#039;&#039;&#039; was a battle fought between the [[Chola]]s, during the reign of Raja Raja Chola I, and the [[Western Chalukya]] king [[Satyashraya]] at the town of [[Donur]] in [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]], [[Karnataka]], in southern [[India]], in 1007 CE. The Cholas were led by crown-prince [[Rajendra Chola I]].<br /> <br /> == Causes ==<br /> <br /> The Cholas had defeated the [[Western Ganga Dynasty|Gangas]], weakened by the independence war waged against them by the [[Western Chalukyas]], and conquered Gangapadi and Nolambapadi (Southern Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh). <br /> <br /> == Events ==<br /> <br /> According to an inscription of Satyasraya from [[Dharwad]], Rajaraja Nittavinoda Rajendra Vidyadhara, ornament of the Chola race, Nurmudi-Chola (one-hundred-crown Chola) invaded the [[Western Chalukya Empire]] in 1007 AD with an army of 900,000 soldiers, carrying fire and sword throughout the region.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|title=The World in the Year 1000|author=James Heitzman, Wolfgang Schenkluhn|publisher=University Press of America, 2004|page=311}}&lt;/ref&gt; The invading troops advanced as far as Donur in Bijapur district on their way to the Chalukya capital [[Manyakheta]], where they were met by the Chalukya army under Satyashraya. The Tanjore big temple inscriptions state that Rajendra Chola I destroyed the Western Chalukya capital.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> == Bibliography ==<br /> <br /> * {{cite book | first= K. A. Nilakanta| last=Sastri| author-link=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri | orig-year= 1935| year= 2000| title= The Cōlas| publisher= [[University of Madras]] | location= Madras| pages=176–177|ref=Sastri}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:11th century in India]]<br /> [[Category:Conflicts in 1007|Donur]]<br /> [[Category:Battles involving the Chola Empire|Donur]]<br /> [[Category:Bijapur, Karnataka]]<br /> [[Category:Western Chalukya Empire]]<br /> [[Category:1007 in Asia]]</div>

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