The Colas c19.41

c19.41

Rājēndra's son, also called Rājēndra-śōḷa in the records noticed above, was perhaps chosen heir-apparent some time about A.D. 1059, and assumed the title Rājakēsari Rājamahēndra. One inscription¹¹⁰ of his third year claims a victory for him against Āhavamalla at Muḍakkāṟu, and furnishes valuable confirmation of the events relating to another Cāḷukya war narrated in more detail in the inscriptions of the ninth year of his father. We learn from these latter¹¹¹ that the Cāḷukya, anxious to wipe out the disgrace that befell him on the field of Koppam, advanced with numerous forces led by Daṇḍanāyaka Vālādēva and other chieftains of the army, and a battle ensued on the banks of the Muḍakkāṟu (winding river) in which the Daṇ-