The gala celebrations of the millenary of Rajendra Chola - I’s Gangetic expedition has turned the spotlight on how his might army traversed vast swathes of eastern and northern India in the 11th Century CE, overcoming several powerful kingdoms along the way to reach the Ganges and fetch water for the monarch’s glory.
Contrary to the popular belief that Rajendra Chola personally marched towards the Gangetic plains, inscriptions on the Tiruvalangadu copper plates reveal that one of the ablest generals of the king had commanded the military expedition towards the Ganges. The monarch had stayed back on the banks of the Godavari.
