The Colas c14.32

c14.32

⁸³ T. A. Gopinatha Rao writes (*E.I.* xv, p. 49): 'It is known from other records that Āditya and the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇa marched against the Pallava
17. v. 18.
18. v. 49.
19. v. 55.
20. 286 of 1911.
21. *SII.* iii No. 142. 21a. 271 of 1938-9, ARE. II 12. See *JOR.* xix pp. 148-9, and Potdar Comm. Vol. pp. 29-31.
22. 5 of 1897; *EI.* xix No. 12.
23. 161 of 1928. 23a. 14 of 1920; *EI.* xxvi p. 233.
24. 16 of 1899. The regnal year 24 is given by Krishna Sastri (*SII.* iii No. 94) but does not seem to be borne out by the text.
25. 13 of 1899.
26. The place of Aparājita, though not his relation with his predecessor Nṛpatuṅga, is well attested. The narrow range of the provenance of his inscriptions needs an explanation. It seems strange that the victor of Śrī Purambiyam appears to have left no inscriptions to the south of Kāñcīpuram. The death of Pṛthivīpati on the field perhaps left Aparājita at the mercy of his overbearing ally Āditya who managed to take the southern Toṇḍaimaṇḍalam as the price of his co-operation. He chose the next opportunity to complete the destruction of the Pallavas.