The Colas c19.53

c19.53

Early in his reign, the king appointed¹⁴³ Madhurāntaka, described as his son *tan-tirup-pudalvan*, to rule over Toṇḍaimaṇḍalam with the title Cōḻēndra; another, Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻa, also called son, *tiṇḍiral maindan*, was made the Cōḷa-Pāṇḍya viceroy over the Pāṇḍya country. It is difficult to decide, in the light of subsequent events, whether the terms *pudalvan* and *maindan* are to be understood literally or only as terms of endearment applied to mere feudatories. Nor, on the former assumption, can it be decided if either of them was the son who was the brother-in-law of the Cāḷukya Vikramāditya VI and who had a short rule, on Vīrarājēndra's death, as Parakēsari Adhirājēndra. The kings's elder brother Āḷavandān and a certain Muḍikoṇḍa-śōḻan also received titles and recognition; but though they too seem to have been placed in administrative charge of parts of the empire, the inscriptions do not tell us what exactly were the areas so entrusted to them.