The Colas c13.13

c13.13

Of these Dhanañjaya is represented by a single stone inscription¹⁶ in the Cuddapah district. Though several of the stone inscriptions mentioned above belong to Cōḷa Mahārāja, none of them adds anything to our knowledge of the king's reign, and we have no direct means of explaining his titles, among which occurs an ambitious claim to the overlordship of the three Tamil kingdoms of the South. The title of Pṛthivī-vallabha borne by Puṇyakumāra, and the name of his queen Vasanta-Pōri-Cōḷa-Mahādēvi¹⁷ show his connection with the Cāḷukyas. It is difficult to say whether he or his father was ruling at the time of Yuan Chwang's visit; but there can be no doubt that this line of rulers had an important role in the hostilities between the Pallavas and Cāḷukyas of this period. King Cōḷamahārājādhirāja Vikramāditya Satyāditya and his mother Cōḷa Mahādēvi¹⁸ are no doubt other members of the same family who do not figure in the genealogy of the Mālēpāḍu plates. It is to be observed that this king has a higher title than the usual Cōḷa Mahārāja, his territory including Siddhi 1000 (Sidhout country) besides the Rēnāṇḍu 7000. A Cōḷa Māhārāja Kumārānkuśa figures as the *vijñapti* in the Vēlūrpāḷaiyam plates of the sixth year of the Pallava king, Nandivarman III.¹⁹ The history of this line cannot be fully understood until fresh discoveries are made. But it is already clear that they form the link connecting the early Cōḷas of the Tamil country and the numerous dynasties of petty chieftains in the Telugu and Karnataka country claiming to have been of the Kāśyapa Gōtra and to have descended from Karikāla and ruled at Uṟaiyūr.²⁰