The Colas c17.37.1

c17.37.1

The history of the reign may be concluded with an account of the leading officials and feudatories who distinguished themselves in the royal service. Mention has been made already of the place held by Mahādaṇḍanāyaka Pañcavan Mahārāya, (probably identical with the crown-prince) the sphere of whose command extended over the Ganga and Vēṅgī *maṇḍalas*, and the Noḷamba feudatories of the king in the Ganga country. Paraman Maḷapāḍiyār *alias* Mummuḍi-śōḻan was a general who conquered the Śīṭpuli and Pāki *nāḍus* early in this reign. In the Trichinopoly district, the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar, of uncertain origin but closely allied to the royal family from the days when Parāntaka I married a Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar princess, were occupying a respected position, and were apparently in the enjoyment of full responsibility for the administration of a small area around Paḻuvūr. The inscriptions of Aḍigaḷ Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyār Kaṇḍan Maṟavan, which clearly acknowledge the overlordship of Rājarāja are found in Kīḻa- and Mēlappaḻuvūr from the third year of the reign and show him ruling in state.