Describe the Shiva temple built by the king Rajender
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When kings attacked each other, they targeted temples was they were a symbol of the king's wealth and devotion.
In the ninth century, Pandyan king Shrimara Shrivallabha invaded Sri Lanka and defeated king Sena I and took with him jewels, gold, and precious wealth of temples, especially a huge golden statue of Buddha.
But later, the next Sinhalese ruler Sena II attacked the Pandyan capital, Madurai and took the Buddha statue back home.
In the eleventh century the Chola king, Rajendra I built a Shiva temple and filled it with things he seized from defeated rulers. The list included, a Sun-pedestal from the Chalukyas, a statue of Ganesha and Durga, a Nandi statue from the Eastern Chalukyas, an image of Bhairava from the Kalingas of Orissa, and a statue of Kali from the Palas of Bengal.
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni raided India during the eleventh century and looted many temples, out of which the most famous loot is of the temple of Somnath in Gujarat.
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tarunnitha sankar murthy i text book they did not say that the sena 2 took the statue back to his kingdom . he sent his generals to check the muduari . dont give wrong information
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