The Colas c18.2

c18.2

Parakēsari-varman Rājēndra-cōḷadēva I was declared heir apparent and formally associated with his father in the administration of the Empire in the closing years of his rule. Accordingly he counts his regnal years from some date between 27 March and 7 July, A.D. 1012¹ and we find clear evidence of joint rule in the third year of Rājēndra. This year is mentioned in Rājarāja's Tanjore inscriptions of the twenty-ninth year;² Rājarāja is also stated to have made a gift in the third year of his son's rule.³ The star of Rājēndra's nativity was Ārdrā.⁴