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(VOL. XXXII fourteenth regnal year of Parakësarivarman' and gave land as kāņikkadamai five years later to Araiyan Vira-solan who in his turn gave it back to the urär of Andavanallur after a period of six years. The date of this last transaction is the twentyfifth year of Parakēsarivarman's reign, which is too high for any king bearing the said title and ruling in the period in question except Parantaka I. It follows that Bhūti Vikramakēsari, the father of Bhūti Parāntaka, was & contemporary of Aditya I. It will thus be seen that Maravan Püdi is the same as Bhūti Vikramakēsari who was the husband of Kaprali and Varaguņā and was a contemporary of both Nandivarman and Aditya I.
The donor's relationship with the Choļas may be examined here. His mother Anupama was a Chūļa princess according to the Mūvarköyil inscription. One Pūdi Mádēvadiga!' is mentioned as the queen of Kannaradēva who may be identified with the homonymous son of Aditya I, as she figures as the donatrix in an inscription dated in the 6th year of Maduraikonda Para kēgarivarman, i.e. Parāntaka I. This Pūdi Mādēvadiga! was probably a sister of Maravan Pūdi.' A recorde dated in the third year of the reign of Parāntaka I mentions Pūdi Aditta Pidäri, the wife of Prince Arikulakébari and the daughter of Tennavan Ilangāvēļār. Thus Bhūti Vikramakēsari seems to be allied to the Chola family through his female relatives, viz. his mother Anupamā, sister Püdi Mādēvadigal, and daughter Pūdi Aditta Pidāri. It is interesting to note that within a few years from the date of the present record, the Chola kings succeeded in weaning away the allegiance of the family ultimately from the Pallava side.
Magavan Pūdi alias Bhūti Vikramakēgari claims, in his Mûvarköyil inscription, to have fought against Vira-pāņdya who has been identified with Cholan-talai-konda Vira-pāņdya, the adversary of Sundara-chola and Aditya II. It may be noted here that Vira-pāņdya was a junior contemporary of Rājasimba, the opponent of Parantaka I. In one of Rājasimha's inscriptions, a servant of VIIB-pândya is referred to and hence it may be presumed that Vira-pāņdya continued the feud between the Cholas and the Pāņdyas after Rājasimha's flight to Ceylon. Therefore it is possible to surmise that Bhūti Vikramakēsari encountered Vira-pandya during the reign of Parāntaka I. This may very well explain the vigour with which Aditya II fought and ultimately killed Virapandya who was perhaps a continued source of trouble for the Cholas from the days of Parantaka I.
The Pallava king mentioned in the record under study may be identified with the last king of that name, viz. Nandivarman III. Of all the inscriptions referring to Maravan Pūdi, only the present record belongs to the reign of. Nandivarman III and therefore its date may be taken as the
1 811, Vol. III, No. 139. Parakēnarivarman of this record, is Parāntaka I and not Uttama-chola as is shown below.
Ibid., Vol. VIII, No. 668. The inscription refers to the nineteenth regnal year of Parakësarivarman. It may be noted that the transactions recorded in the inscriptions referred to in this and the next foot-note con. clusively prove the identity of the kings mentioned in them as well as the date of Bhati Vikramakēsari.
• Ibid., No. 669. • Ibid., No. 666.
Above, Vol. XXVI, p. 283 and n. 8. • SII, Vol. VIII, No. 634. She is first referred to (without her name being mentioned) in a record (ibid., Vol. XIII, No. 321) dated in the 27th year of a Rajakesarivarman who has been identified with Aditya I. Another inscription (ibid., Vol. VIII, No. 564) in which she figures as a donatrix is dated in the 23rd year of a ParakesariVarman who is no doubt Parāntaka I as the regnal year is too high for any other Parakēsari of this period.
? A similar example of both a brother and a sister bearing the same name may be found in Padi Aditta Pidári and Padi Aditta Pidaran, daughter and son respectively of Bhoti Vikramaksari (QJMS, Vol. XLIII, p. 94).
• SII, Vol. III, No. 96. This lady is first mentioned in an earlier record (ibid., Vol. VIII, No. 629), dated in the 23rd year of a Rājakësarivarman who may be identified with Aditya I on account of the high regnal your and the palaeography of the inscription.
. Abovo, Vol. XXVIII, p. 87; QJM8, Vol. XLIII, p. 87.
