Vijayalaya of the Cholas captured the Kaveri delta from which minor chiefly family?
AMuttaraiyar
BPallava kings
CPandya kings
DVellala chiefs
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Muttaraiyar
1. The Muttaraiyar were subordinate to the Pallavas.
2. Vijayalaya took the delta from them in the ninth century.
3. He came from Uraiyur.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._
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