The Colas c14.35

c14.35

It may be that Māṟambāvai was the queen of Nandi III of Teḷḷāṟu, whose reign ended about A.D. 860. The earliest Cōḻa record which mentions her is in the 18th year of Rājakēsari, c. 889. She is also named in two of Nṛpatunga's inscriptions, both from the Tanjore dt. (Nos. 300 and 303 of 1901). See *ARE.* 1901, paragraph 10; *SII.* ii. p. 513, *n.*