The Colas c19.165

c19.165

¹⁵⁷ 182 of 1915 distinctly says that the Cāḷukya forces were met at Śakkarakkōṭṭam and defeated by Vīrarājēndra-*paḍaik-kaḍalēvi vaḍa-tiśaic-Cakkarakkōṭṭattu puk-kuḍanreḷunda Śaḷukkiyat-tānaiyaik-kanal-paḍa nūṟi*: (cf. also the early inscriptions of Kulōttunga). *EI*. xxi. pp. 232-3. The same record mentions battles at Koṇḍai (about 70 miles N.W. of Rajahmundry, *Eastern Cāḷukyas*, p. 266 n. 2) and Kāvi, resulting in the capture of much booty and many prisoners including women by the Cōḷas, and the erection of a pillar of victory bearing the tiger emblem. The expression *puli-śuṭṭukallir-jayastamba nāṭṭi* (l. 9) simply means: 'having set up a stone pillar of victory bearing the tiger (emblem)'; the