South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c8.s1.22

c8.s1.22

Rājarāja’s Reign.—Before proceeding to reconstruct the story of this intervention and how it came about, it will be just as well to pass in review some few details of recent discovery regarding the earlier years of Rājarāja III. A record of his fourth year (A.D. 1220) in Muniyūr states that the earlier grants to the temple in the place were re-engraved on stone either because they had decayed by age or new works were undertaken. This was a common practice of the Choḷa sovereigns, and the particular instance would indicate the prevalence of peace and order. In the seventh year the king ratified the action of a woman who collected subscriptions and provided an image of the goddess for the ‘bed-room’ (Paḷḷiyarai) of the temple at Tirumaṇanjēri.²