Battle Of Takkolam: Chola vs Rashtrakuta

The battle of Takkolam was a military engagement between a contingent of troops led by Rajaditya, the eldest son of the Chola king Parantaka I, and another led by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna III at Thakkolam, a town in Vellore district Tamil Nadu.

The battle is considered as the "climax" of the confrontation between the two imperials powers, the Cholas and the Rashtrakutas, for mastery of south India.