[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Colas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas) › c19.157 # The Colas c19.157 The Cōḷas c19.157 - **Language:** English ### [c19.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.157) on behalf of Vijayāditya VII; 84 (Yr. 7) records (ll. 5-6) that on the same occasion, Sōmēśvara (II) was forced to abandon the Kannaradēśa and that the submissive Vikramāditya was invested with the necklace by the Cōḷa king. The \*Vikramāṅkadēva Carita\* also places the alliance between its hero and the Cōḷa king some time after Sōmēśvara I's demise and on the banks of the Tungabhadrā; and according to the same poem, at the time of his father's death, Vikramāditya was absent on a conquering tour which extended to Vēṅgī and Cakrakūṭa, which, again, seems very probable, as Vīrarājēndra himself had to go off to Vēṅgī after Sōmēśvara I failed to keep his engagement with him at Kūḍal-Saṅgamam. Lastly, it does not seem necessary to assume that the \*kaṇṭhikā\* (necklace) was necessarily a symbol of heir-apparentship and not of kingship in general, and hold, as Hultzsch does (\*SII\*. iii p. 194), that in the sixth year of Vīrarājēndra, Sōmēśvara I was alive and Sōmēśvara II was still only crown-prince (\*IA\*. xx p. 267 under 17-Vijayāditya V and the references given there). Even if the \*kaṇṭhikā\* was a symbol of subordinate position, Sōmēśvara II's untying it may mean that his father was no more and that he had become ruler in his own right,—probably the best view of the case. - [Previous: c19.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.156) - [Next: c19.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.158) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Vikramāṅkadevacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.daksinatya.purvadaksina.vikramankadeva) — Bilhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.157) · Pramāṇa