The Colas c15.30

c15.30

It is possible that these developments were fore-shadowed even in the life-time of Pṛthivīpati and a little before the accession of Kṛṣṇa to the Rāṣṭrakūṭa throne. A record³⁵ from the North Arcot district commemorates the death of a hero in a.d. 936 in a cattle-raid by a Western Gaṅga king (Perumānaḍigaḷ), and this may be taken to give the first indication of the coming storm. There is also evidence to show that about this time Rājāditya, the eldest son of Parāntaka, was stationed with a large army including an elephant corps and some cavalry ³⁶ in the district known in inscriptions and literature as Tiru-