The Colas c15.43

c15.43

are found south of the latitude of Pondicherry.⁵⁹ The Noḷamba poḷalcōra II and his son Vīra Mahendra are seen from their inscriptions to have taken part in Kṛṣṇa's expedition against the Cōḷa, and shared the spoils. Poḷacōra calls himself 'lord of Kāñcī' in 965-6, and an undated inscription states that Vīra Mahendra was encamped at Kolar on his return from his conquest of the Cōḷa-nāḍu.59a There can be no question that the effect of Kṛṣṇa's invasion on the Cōḷa empire was ruinous, and that as a consequence of the blow in the north, much of the south also slipped out of Parāntaka's hands. The Cōḷa empire was no more; it had to be built up all over again.