South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c14.s1.63

c14.s1.63

. . . While the goddess of prosperity was in his embraces, while the dark-haired goddess of learning was in intimate contact with him, while the goddess of the earth took her happy residence in his mind, his righteous authority prevailed and his white umbrella cast its protecting shadow, in order that the evil-working dark Kali may be crushed and that his great fame may shed its glorious lustre, in order that the tiger-banner of the Chola may have the rule of the forests and the fish emblem of the Pāṇḍya may be emblazoned on the heights of the golden hill (Mēru). In his reign prospered alike the three kinds of Tamil in verse, all the four branches of the esoteric Veda and the five true¹ systems of religion. All the kings of this old earth who had a character for righteous rule, from Simhala (Ceylon), Kalinga, Telinga, Chēdi (Bundlekand), Konkaṇa, Kukkira (Kukkuṭa), Kosala and Kuchchara (Gurjara), presented their tribute and prostrated at his feet. While the queens of other kings, with gold-chased fly-whisks, were fanning uniformly on either side, the Queen Ulagamuḷuduḍaiyāḷ was seated on one side of the king of Śeḷuvai¹ upon the throne of heroes. She was there crowned with the glorious crown of jewels, beautified with garlands of flowers varied with the leaves of ātti (ār, bauhinia racemosa) and neem, while the women led by the flowerborn goddess (Lakshmi) sang the blessing that both the king and queen may live for many hundred years protecting this long-lived earth. While being thus seated on the throne with the queen, the first among kings, Śrī Kō Māravarman Tribhuvanachchakravartigaḷ Śrī Kulaiśēkhara Dēva, in his fourth year, on the 208th day, being seated on the throne Kālingarāyan, in the hall in front of the bed chamber, in the palace in the garden on the south side of Jayangoṇḍaśōḷapuram.