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UPSC Prelims 2025 Paper-I 📅 25 May, 2025

Who among the following led a successful military campaign against the kingdom of Srivijaya, the powerful maritime State, which ruled the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and the neighbouring islands?

A
Amoghavarsha (Rashtrakuta)
B
Prataparudra (Kakatiya)
C
Rajendra I (Chola)
D
Vishnuvardhana (Hoysala)
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UPSC Prelims
2025 • 25 May, 2025 • Paper-I
Who among the following led a successful military campaign against the kingdom of Srivijaya, the powerful maritime State, which ruled the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and the neighbouring islands?
Correct Answer
Rajendra I (Chola)
Rajendra I, the great Chola Emperor, launched a historic naval campaign against the Srivijaya Empire in Southeast Asia around 1025 CE to protect Indian commerci......
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Rajendra I, the great Chola Emperor, launched a historic naval campaign against the Srivijaya Empire in Southeast Asia around 1025 CE to protect Indian commercial interests and assert Chola maritime supremacy.