Epigraphia Indica Vol 15

Author(s): Sten Konow, F W Thomas
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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the Leiden grants. Aditya is referred to in the Anbil grant as Räjakësari-varman;' and he is said to have built for Siva a number of temples on either side of the river Kāvēri, from the Sahya mountains to the mouth of the river. As a matter of fact, there are a number of temples dedicated to Siva and situated on the banks of the Kaveri which might be assigned to the reign of Rājakēsari-varman Aditya I and of which the construction continued even in the reign of his Bon Parantaka I. For instance, the stone temple at Andanallar was constructed by one Padi. Parāntakan alias Sembiyan Irukkuvēl. Padi-Adityapidāri, the daughter of Tennavan Ilangóvõl, and the wife of Arikulakēsari, the son of the Chola king, built the stone temple dedicated to Siva in the village of Tiruchchendurai. The Panchapadiśvara temple in, and the Pasupatiśvara temple outside, the village of Allūr, as also the one known as the Sandarēgvara templo at Nangavaram, appear to have come into existence also about the same time. They were all endowed in the reign of Parantaka I, the son and immediate successor of Aditya I. Again, a number of older temples, such as those at Tiruvādi, Tillaisthānam, etc., seem to have been renewed and rebuilt with stone, in the reign of Aditya I. All these temples are on the banks of the Kāvēri.
The son of Rajakosari-varman Aditya-Chola I was Vira-Chola. We know from other upigraphical sources that this king bore the names Vira-Nārāyana, Parāntaka I and Parakösari. varman who took Madurai, Ceylon and the crowned head of Vira Pāņdya.' The name Viranārāyana appears to have been contracted into Vira-Chola. The Anbil plates state that he upl'ootod many ancient dynasties and reduced even Malhurā to an abject condition. The Pandya king who suffered defeat at the hands of Vira-Chola was Rājasimba-Pandya. This Pandya was assisted by Kasyapa V of Ceylon, who also shared the fate of his ally. From having couquered the kings of Madhurā and Ceylon Vira-Chola is called 'he who took Madhurā and Ilam.' He also defeated the Vaidumba king Sandaiyap; two Bana princes were conquered, and their country was bestowed upon Prithvipati II, of the Ganga dynasty, together with the title Sembiyan Mābalivānarāyan. In all probability the Bāņa princes defeated by Vira-Chola were Vijayāditya (IV) and his father Vidyadhara.? One of the queens of ViraChola, who Lore to him the son named Ariñohika, was, according to the Anbil grant, the daughter of the Korala prince Paluvettaraiyar. There are three inscriptions in the Siva temple at Tiruvaiyyāra which mention this Karaļa prince; all of them belong to the reign of Rājakesari. varman and are dated respectively in the 3rd, the 5th and the 19th years of his reign. The first (No. 110 of 1895 of the Madras Epigraphist's collection) mentions Paluvõttaraiyar magaļār Vikkirama-sola Ilargāvēļār deviyār nambirättigalār, her majesty the queen of Vikrama-Chola Ilang volar, who was the daughter of Paluvõttaraiyar.' The second (No. 118 of 1895 of tho same) refers to Adiga! Paluvēțţaraiyar Maravan Kandanār, 'the princo Paluvēttaraiyar alias Maravan Kandan. The third (No. 238 of 1894 of the same) contains the name Palavēttaraiyar Nambi Maravanār. The person mentioned in these epigraphs is evidently the father-in-law of Vira-Chola. From the first extract we are led to infer that Vira-Chola bore also the name
1 No. 286 of 1911 of the Madras Epigrapbist's collection belongs to the reign of a Chola king who is called hy the simple name Rajakesari-varman, but has the qualifying clause," who exteuded his conquests over the Tondai-mandalam”; this description of the king enables us to identify him with Aditya I, the colleague of Varaguna l'andys. See also Trav. Areh. Series, Vol. II, pp. 76-77.
* Nos. 359 and 360 of the Madras Epigraphist's collection for 1903.
Nos. 316 and 319 of 1903 of the same. • See the remarks against No. 291-296, 305-312, 33C-332, 348-350 and 355-380 of 1903 of the same.
Ep. An. Rep. for 1905, p. 50, pars. 8. • Udayễndram Plates of Prithvipati II, SoutA-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. II, p. 870. * See my article ou Hive Bana Inscriptions at Gudimallaw in Ind. Ant., Vol. XL, pp. 104-114.