The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.408

c8.408

[A.D. 965-66 is the probable date of accession of the Chōḷa Āditya II. He could hardly be called a king, as the fortunes of his family were at a very low ebb. Almost the only thing for which he is renowned is that in many inscriptions he is said to have ‘taken the head of the Pāṇḍya king’, his enemy. He reigned about five years (See E.R. 1921, p. 109). About the same time, i.e., between 965 and 969 we hear, from the other side of a Vīra Pāṇḍya ‘who took the head of the Chōḷa’, and called himself ‘Chōḷāntaka’ (474 of 1909 ; 101 of 1905 ; E.I. ix, 84.)]