The Chola empire under Rajadhiraja II continued to be as extensive as when he: it. He entitled himself Tribhuvana Chakravarthi and Karikala. Kulottunga who was to sr him is mentioned even in Rajadhiraja’s inscription but we do not know how the two related.
In addition to the Pallavarayas, the Kadavarayas and the Sambhavaray also becoming too assertive. This was not a mere case of more chieftains’ just imperial power.
If it were so it would be merely decentralisation. These Tamil bar combined among theselves against the king and were not regulated by any well dJ condition of feudal service.
These chieftancies also tended to become hereditary. Even the end of the reign of Kulottunga I, we find such in subordinate groups of c\ entering into unholy alliances indirectly reflecting disloyalty to the emperor. Since thd of Vikrama Chola these cases grew in number. Under Kulottunga III the dr” disintegration was played openly and the emperor was clearly unable to prevent this,