Edited sentence: During this period he was engaged in organising and augumenting his army and in preparing for military expeditions.Rajaraja's initial campaigns were against the combined Pandya and Chera armies.So Raja Raja I could not have fought any war in 992, much less get defeated by Tailapa II.Southern Wars  (Raja Raja Chola I).The relevant portions regarding Raja Raja I from his Wikipedia page are as under:.The southern kingdoms of Pandyas, Cheras and the Sinhalas were often allied against the Cholas.The very first military achievement of Rajaraja’s reign was the campaign in the Kerala country c 994 C.There is no evidence of any military campaign undertaken by Rajaraja until the eighth year of his reign.This version is entirely doubtful because (as is brought out in the Wikipedia page on Raja Raja Chola I, his first expedition was in 994 and even more clearly it is brought out that Raja Raja I did not undertake any expedition until the eighth year of his rein after taking over in 985, which has to correspond to 993.[5] It was the case when Rajaraja came to the throne.[6][7].[edit] Kandalur Salai