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miihin the house. He became well instructed in knowledge and very 

 powerful in bodily strength. The ranJrt/a king then ruled the Chola- 

 mmmdmlmm ; but, wishing to place over it a viceroy, lie made public 

 proclamation in order to meet with a suitable perhon. A great con- 

 course of claimants assembled. The Paridiyan then put a golden pot 

 containing water on the head of an elepliant, and a wreath of flowers 

 in its trunk, announcing that the person on whom the elephant should 

 place the wredth and anoint by pouring on him the water, w ould be 

 regarded as chosen , .nnd to that persfm tlie king would give his own 

 daughter in marriage. The elephant being let loose, avoided all the 

 people in the town, and going direct to the aforesaid Bruhman's house, 

 there selected the youth by depositing the wreath on his head, and 

 poaring the water over him. The young man was as strong as ten 

 elephants, but in order to diminish his strength, the Brahman, rubbed 

 the sole of one of his feet with charcoal, and thereby took avi ay the 

 strength of nine elephants, leaving him only as strong as one elephant. 

 He was Bubsequenlly installed at Combaconum, and had the name of 

 Cart Cala ChrAan given him, to commemorate the rubbing of charcoal 

 (C«ri) on his foot. Bat the king's daughter was not given him. He 

 strengthened and enlarged his capital town. The young man, learn- 

 ing, from his mother, that his father was before him king of the Chola 

 country, that his father had feared to encounter the Pandya king, 

 and had died during the disturbance that had arisen, resolved on 

 ▼indicating his own, and his father's right ; and, assembling an army, 

 set oat to make war on the Pandiya king. The army is stated at 

 250,000 cavalry, under commanders whose names are given, who ap- 

 proached the Vaigai river. The PaJidiyan alarmed, brought to him 

 treasure and jewels, and, after much flattering homage, embraced him, 

 tud conducting him to his palace, seated him, on terms of equalit)', 

 on half of his throne, and married him to his daughter Sid'hesvari, 

 after which Cart Cdla Cholan returned to Combacovum, where there 

 w ere great rejoicings. He allowed the cultivators three parts of the 

 prodace, and took one fourth (the ordinary rate used to be one sixth) 

 with which revenue, he built and repaired many sacred edifices, gave 

 IhTge donations to Brahmam, heard many religious stories recited, and 

 was a firm votary of Situ, In order to see if his peox>le were firm in 

 that way, and with a view to discover and rectify evils, he was ac- 

 enslomed to go out in disguise, covered with a common dark coloured 

 hair blanket, daring the night. Out of this custom, arose the follow- 

 ing circumstances. 



