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TIRUMALAI INSCRIPTIONS
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cription, the term "the Crown of Sundra " seems to be used in the sense of "the Crown of the Pandya King," and the composer of the historical part of the inscription seems to have known Sundra as a former famous member of the Pandya dynasty. But no conclusions as to the date of Sundara can be drawn from this mention of his name. The names of the Pandya King, who was conquered by Rajendra Chola are not mentioned. The inscription further records that Rajendra Chola vanquished the Kerala, i.e., the King of Malabar. With Sakkara-kottam, whose king Vikrama-Vira was defeated by Rajendra Chola, compare Chakrakota, whose Lord was conquered by the western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI, and Chakragotta, which was taken by the Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana. 'Maduramandalam is the Pandya country, the capital of which was Madura Oddavishaya, the country of the Oddas or Odras and the Ucha of Hiuentsiang is the modern Orissa. Kosalai-nadu is southern Kosala, the Kiao-sa-lo of Hiuen Tsiang which according to general Cunningham, corresponds to the upper valley of the Mahanadi and its tributaries. Takkanaladam and Uttiraladam are Northern and Southern Lata Gujarat. The former was taken from a certain Ranasura. Further Rajendra Chola asserts that he conquered Vangala-desa, i.e., Bengal from a certain Govinda Chandra and extended his operations as far as the Ganga. The remaining names of countries and kings I have been unable to identify.
The inscription mentions Tirumalai, i.e., "the Holy Mountain," and records a gift to the temple on its top which was called Kundavai Jinalaya, i.e., the Jina temple of Kundavai. According to an Eastern Chalukya grant (and an unpublished Chidambaram inscription) Kundava (or Kundavai) was the name of the daughter of Raja raja of the Suryavamsa the younger sister of Rajendra Chola, and the queen of the Eastern Chalukya King Vimaladitya. The Tanjore inscriptions mention another, still earlier Kundavai who was the daughter of the Chola King Parantaka II, the elder sister of the Chola King Raja raja deva and the queen of the Pallava 5
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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