[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) › c19.160 # The Colas c19.160 The Cōḷas c19.160 - **Language:** English ### [c19.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.160) Dr. Venkataramaṇayya holds that Sōmēśvara I deceived Vīrarājēndra by a false message promising to meet him at Kūḍal-Saṅgamam while he really meant to carry the war into the Cōḷa country by sending his son Vikramāditya to the south along the west coast; this was why Sōmēśvara went to the western ocean and the Cōḷa inscriptions misrepresent this as a flight. The evidence relied on for this reconstruction is mainly Bilhaṇa's \*kāvya\* (\*Eastern Cāḷukyas\*, pp. 259 ff). - [Previous: c19.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.159) - [Next: c19.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.161) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1935-colas.c19.160) · Pramāṇa