[3] The battle is considered as the climax of the confrontation between the two imperials powers, the Rashtrakutas and the Cholas, for complete domination of south India.

[3] Sometime in the 930s, or perhaps as early as 923 AD,[9] prince Rajaditya was sent with a substantial military contingent, including elephants and horses, as well as his entire household, to the region (to protect the northern edges of a nascent Chola state).

[3] The Rashtrakuta contingent at Takkolam included a collection of feudal militias and royal soldiers (from Western Gangas, Banas and Vaidumbas among others).

[1] The epithet ‘Tanjaiyunkonda’ or the 'conqueror of Tanjore' was given to Krishna III as mentioned in many records found in Tondai-Mandalam, that the conclusion becomes inevitable that he had conquered and occupied the Chola capital at least for some time.

The statements in the Karhad plates states that Krishna defeated the Pandyas and the Keralas, exacted tributes from the king of Ceylon and planted the creeper of his fame at Ramesvara[11] As per historians, the defeat at Takkolam reversed the substantial political gains made by Parantaka Chola in previous decades.