In 880 CE, Pandyan king Varagunavarman II invaded the Chola country to check the Pallava influence.

Aditya Chola I and Western Ganga king Prithvipati I supported Aparajita in the battle happened at Sripurambiyam.

He invaded Tondai nadu in 897 CE and in a battle that ensued, he pounced upon Aparajita when he was mounted on an elephant and slew him.

[3] Friendly relations appear to have existed between the medieval Chera rulers of Kerala and the Cholas during the reign of Aditya I.

[4] Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara, the Chera contemporary of Aditya I, was a junior partner in the Chola campaign in Kongu country (present-day central Tamil Nadu).