The Colas c18.34

c18.34

'(He seized) Śakkarakkōṭṭam, whose warriors were brave; Madura-maṇḍalam destroyed in a trice,⁵⁶ the prosperous city of Nā-maṇaik-kōṇam with its dense groves,⁵⁷ Pañcap-paḷḷi whose warriors (bore) cruel bows,⁵⁸ Māśuṇidēśa with its green fields⁵⁹; a large heap of family-treasures together with many (other) treasures (which he carried away), after having captured Indraratha of the ancient race of the moon, together with (his) family, in a fight which took place (at) Ādinagar,⁶⁰ (a city) whose great fame knew no decline⁶¹; Oḍḍa-viṣaya which was difficult of approach on account of its dense forest defence⁶²; the good Kōśalai-nāḍu, where Brahmins assembled; Taṇḍabutti, in whose gardens bees abounded, (land which he acquired) after having destroyed Dharmapāla (in) a hot battle; Takkaṇalāḍam, whose fame reached (all) directions, (and which he occupied) after having forcibly attacked Raṇaśūra; Vangāḷa-dēśā, where the rain water never stopped, (and from which) Gōvindacandra fled, having descended (from his) male elephant; elephants of rare strength, women and treasure, (which he seized) after having been pleased to put to flight in a hot battlefield the strong Mahīpāla⁶³ by the sound of a conch from the deep sea; Uttiralāḍam (on the shore of) the expansive ocean (producing) pearls; and the Gangā whose waters bearing fragrant flowers ⁶⁴ dashed against the bathing places (*tīrtha*).'