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Translation of the 



[No. 3^, 



II. — Chola Conquest, 



In the CJiola-desam^ Aditya-verma-raya, son of 



1. Aditya-varma. , j., . m 



i;a«/am-ra«/a.,* being crowned m laryavur-patnaniy 



he came to Congu-desam, and conquered the Vardar (huntsmen or 

 wild people) of the king of Congu-desam^ and took the town of Tali- 

 cad; and, giving many free endowments to many agrahdras^ he 



ii;overned that country, in addition to his own. 



2. Vira Chola. a rr ni. i A- a 



His son was named Vira C/iola-rayaj and was 



crowned in the town of Tanjore, as ruling also over the Congu and 

 Carnataca countries : he conquered in other countries ; and as being 

 without fear in war, he was very powerful ; and as he was a great 

 devotee of Narayana he also thence acquired the title of Vira Chola 

 J^Par ay ana-ray a. This king, in alliance with the Pdndiya king, con- 

 quered many other countries. Afterwards Vira Chola Nardyana-raya 

 went to Singa-dzva, and engaging in war he conquered the Simdla- 

 raya (king of Ceylon). Acquiring great fame in the world and building 

 an agrahdra called Vira-nar ay ana-pur am (said to be still existing) on 

 the bank of the Cauvery,in the Chola-desam, he gave free endowments 

 to the Brahmans in it, and also free endowments to other agrahdras. 

 He, being one day in (or on) the sea, heard the sound as of the beat- 

 ing of the mdthalam (a kind of long drum), and considering whence 

 it proceeded he thought it must be Sabhdpati-svdmi, of Chidambaram^ 

 beating the Damaraca, a kind of small hand drum, (called in Tamil 

 uduckai) and most likely the god dancing with Parvati : he in con- 

 sequence expended great wealth there, and built the Canaca-sabha. 

 This king had a great many children. Among these, he gave the 



„ ^ Chola-desam to Desotiia-raua^ and the Dravida- 



3. Desotyaraya. -rr • • i . 



desam to Harinjaya-raya : and then obtained 



Swergam. (i. e. died.) His son was Desotya raya, who being 

 crowned in Tanjaviir he caused his elder brother Harinjaya-raya 

 to rule in Drdvida-desa ; and himself attended to kingly duties, and 

 all connected matters, with equity, in the Congu country. On the 

 banks of the Cauvery he built four agrahdras, called Chatur-samu- 

 dram, or the four seas, and so governed the kingdom. He had no 

 4 Parantaca elder brother Harinjaya-raya s son nam- 



ed Pardntaca-raya, having first fought against the 



* The title Vi.jayadi-raya would implj' that the first of the Chola kings is me?iit ; that 

 however is not probable. 



t The name of Vira Chola appears in all lists of those kings. It is a mere title, 

 the brave, or champion. The founding of Chittambaram gives a clue to aid from 

 other documents. 



