The Colas c15.29

c15.29

The death of Gaṅga Pṛthivīpati II, the trusted friend and vassal of Parāntaka I, which must have occurred about A.D. 940,³¹ may be said to mark the commencement of Parāntaka's troubles from this quarter. Pṛthivīpati left no son, Vikkiyaṇṇa having pre-deceased him.³² Būtuga II, who had married a Rāṣṭrakūṭa princess Rēvakā, the sister of Kṛṣṇa III, and assisted Kṛṣṇa in securing his throne from a usurper, was now left in unquestioned supremacy in the Gaṅga country, because he had murdered his elder brother Rācamalla and annexed his possessions also.³³ And the Bāṇas and the Vaidumbas were already by the side of Kṛṣṇa soliciting his protection and aid against the powerful Cōḷa. Kṛṣṇa was in the prime of life and had just encountered and overcome opposition at home and was not reluctant to seize the favourable moment that chance offered to him for making a great advance to the south.³⁴