The Colas c20.13

c20.13

The Ganga king is also said to have offered help to Vijayāditya at the end of his life. The grant that mentions the 'Tamil battle' also states that 'when Vijayāditya, beginning to grow old, left the country of Vēngī, as if he were the sun leaving the sky, and was about to sink in the great ocean of the Cōḍas,' Rājarāja of Kalinganagara 'caused him to enjoy prosperity for a time in the Western region,' that is, Vēngī to the west of Kalinganagara.²⁰ The approximate date for these occurrences is furnished by the Dīrghasi inscription of Vanapati dated Śaka 997, A.D. 1075, which makes a pointed reference to Vanapati's successes gained on behalf of his Ganga overlord against the Cōḷa forces.²¹ A war between Kulōttunga and the E. Ganga Rājarāja followed by a mediation by Rājarāja Ganga between Vijayāditya VII and his nephew Kulōttunga on a subsequent occasion, and the demise of Vijayāditya some time after the successful intercession of Rājarāja are thus clearly attested by the Ganga records of the time.