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THE CHOLAS
His feudatory, the Malaiyamān of Kiḷiyur.
in the 7th and 11th year of the king. Of the other inscriptions which refer themselves to the reign of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva without any qualifying attributes,
Nos. 223 and 259 from the Tirukkoyilur taluk, dated in the 6th and 15th years
respectively could be assigned to Kulōttuṅga II, with some probability. The
former records a gift of land to the temple at Tirukkōyilūr by Periyān alias Kulōttuṅga-Chēdiyarāyan, the Malaiyamān chief of Kiḷiyūr, and the latter a gift
of land to a Śiva temple at the place called Perumpuṇam by Periyuḍaiyān
Attimallan alias Kulōttuṅgaśōla-Chēdiyarāyan, the Malaiyamān of Kiḷiyūr. The
donors in both these records seem to be
identical with the chief of that name
mentioned in a record of this king from Kīlūr in the same taluk (S. I. I., Vol.
VII, No. 913). The gift land in the latter inscription is stated to have been
named Palavāyudavallavanallūr, which would imply that it was so named after
a possible surname or title of the donor-chief. We also incidentally learn of the
existence of a fort in the vicinity.
His officer Akaḷaṅka-Brahmārayan.
In an inscription of the 18th year of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa engraved on a rock
by the side of the Śittēri tank at Tirukkōyilūr (No. 225), we are told that this
tank and its sluice were newly constructed
for irrigating the tiruviḍaiyāṭṭam lands of
god Tiruviḍaikkali-Emberumān at Tirukkōyilūr by a certain Ulagamuṇḍaperumāḷ alias Akaḷaṅka-Brahmārāyan. This donor is stated to have also constructed the big tirumāḷigai of the Periyakōyil* at Tiruvaraṅgam, by which
is evidently meant the temple at Śrīraṅgam, as it cannot refer to Tiruvaraṅgam
in the South Arcot distrcit, since all its inscriptions are later and are of the Vijayanagara times. In Śrīraṅgam itself, according to the Kōyilolugu the fifth prākāra of the temple with the four gōpuras on its sides and some other structures
are said to have been the work of Vikranaśōla alias Akaḷaṅkan. It is probable
that these constructions were supervised by an officer of Vikrama-Chōḷa bearing
the title of Akaḷaṅka-Brahmārāyan and the same officer should have constructed
this tank at Tirukkōyilūr in the reign of his successor Kulōttuṅga II. Against
this identification may, however, be mentioned the high regnal year 18, which has
not been found for him so far.
Rājādhirāja II.
31. Of Rājādhirāja II there are two inscriptions from Śrīraṅgam (Nos. 63
and 73) both dated in his 9th year. They record gifts of money to the temple,
one for a lamp and the other for the expenses
of conducting certain festivals. The former
was by a certain Perumāḷ alias Rājarāja-Uttamaśeṭṭi, a native of Kuraṭṭippaṭṭaṇam in Kaivāra-nāḍu, a subdivision of Poysaḷa-nāḍu, who had presented a big
forehead jewel (śuṭṭi) to the god Periyaperumāḷ (Raṅganātha) of the temple. As
Kaivāra-nāḍu was situated in Nigariliśōla-maṇḍalam which was comprised in
Hoysaḷa-nāḍu, Kuraṭṭippaṭṭaṇam must be looked for somewhere in the border
between Salem and Kolar. It may be mentioned that Kuraṭṭi was the village
wherefrom hailed the author of an Andādi in praise of the god at Tiruvallam
(No. 233 of 1921). The donor of the other inscription was a certain Virrirundān
His subordinate Akaḷaṅka-Nāḍālvār.
Śēman alias Tirukkuraivaḷatta-Akaḷaṅka-
Nāḍālvār of Tiruttavatturai (Lālguḍ¬i). This
Akaḷaṅka-Nāḍālvār is identical with the chief who is stated in certain inscriptions copied at Vaḷappūr-nāḍu in the Salem district (Nos. 496, 499 and 500 of
1929-30) as leading an expedition against Kollimalai on behalf of the king, and
also in three records from Śrīraṅgam (Nos. 267-69 of 1930).
Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa III.
32. Kulottuṅga III is represented in the collection by 11 inscriptions ranging
in date between his 3rd and 38th years. Four of them (Nos. 75, 61, 76 and 17)
begin with the introduction Puyalvāyttu,
etc., while the others commence with the
short eulogy “who took Madura and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya” or “who
took Madura, Īlam, Karuvūr and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya.” He is called
Vīrarājēndra in Nos. 61 and 76 and Tribuvanavīradēva in Nos. 17, 32 and 34.
No. 61 from Śrīraṅgam dated in his 6th year records an undertaking given by the
gōpālas (cowherds ?) who owned the tenancy rights in Vaḷḷuvappāḍi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Karikālakanna-vaḷanāḍu, agreeing to pay the tax on 250 vēli of tiruviḍaiyāṭṭam lands at Tiruvāyppāḍinallūr for worship and offerings to god Alagiyamaṇavāḷa-Perumāḷ and the goddess, on the day of a festival called Daivatta-
rāyan-tirunāḷ in the temple. It is not known who this Daivattarāyan, who
had instituted this festival could be. The document is signed by ninety-eight
representatives (ūrkku-chchamainda) from sixty-seven villages who should have
constituted the assembly of the Vaḷḷuvappāḍi-nāḍu. It may be noted that the
The Gōpālas of Vaḷḷuvappāḍi-nāḍu.
subdivision Vaḷḷuvappāḍi-nāḍu comprised
a portion of the Musiri taluk in the
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*Periyakoyil is the particular epihet of the srrangam temple.
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