The Colas c17.5

c17.5

Almost the first military achievement of his reign was the campaign in the Kēraḷa country of which the result was summed up in the phrase ‘*Kāndaḷūr-śālaik-kalamarutta*’ which precedes the name of the king in several of his inscriptions from the fourth year⁷ onwards. Though this title appears from the fourth year, no inscription of Rājarāja has been found in the Kēraḷa and Pāṇḍya countries bearing a date earlier than the eighth year.⁸ Some years of fighting were apparently necessary before the conquest could be completed and the conquered country become sufficiently settled for its administration being properly organised.