The Colas c17.19

c17.19

Turning now to Rājarāja's conquests in other directions, Gaṅgapāḍi, Noḷambapāḍi and Taḍigaipāḍi sometimes called Taḍigaivaḷi, all of them in the Mysore country became parts of the Cōḷa kingdom in Rājarāja's time. One of the variant forms of the introduction to the king's stone inscriptions implies that the conquest of the Mysore country immediately followed the victory at Sālai, and that it was undertaken before the expedition against the Eastern Cāḷukyas into the Vēṅgī country.³⁷ After his victory at Sālai, Rājarāja is here said to have gained successes at Taṭṭapāḍi (Taḍigaipāḍi?), Taḷaikkāḍu, Noḷambapāḍi and Pirudigaṅgar-vaḷanāḍu. This campaign