The Colas c18.83

c18.83

The following are the queens of Rājēndra who figure in the inscriptions: Tribhuvana or Vānavan-Mahādēviyār,¹⁸⁶ Mukkōkkiḻān,¹⁸⁷ Pañcavan-Mādēviyār¹⁸⁸ and Vīra-mādēvi who apparently performed *satī* at the king's death.¹⁸⁹ Of his sons we shall see that three followed him on the Cōḷa throne in succession, Rājādhirāja, Rājēndra and Vīrarājēndra, and we cannot decide if any of these was identical with the Cōḷa-Pāṇḍya Viceroy, Jaṭāvarman Sundara Cōḷa-Pāṇḍya. Other sons are known also. A daughter of Rājēndra, Arumoḷi-nangaiyār or Pirānār, made a present of a costly umbrella of pearls to the temple at Tirumalavāḍi early in the reign of her brother Rājādhirāja.¹⁹⁰ Another daughter was the well-known Ammangādēvi, the queen of the Eastern Cāḷukya Rājarāja I and mother of Kulōttunga, the first Cōḷa-Cāḷukya monarch. The latest regnal year mentioned in Rājēndra's inscriptions is 33¹⁹¹ and this accords well with the fact that his death is recorded in an inscription of Rājādhirāja dated in his twenty-sixth¹⁹² year. Rājēndra's death occurred, therefore, some time in A.D. 1044.