The Colas c21.75

c21.75

Kulōttunga's capital was Gaṅgāpuri or Gaṅgaikoṇḍa-cōḻapuram.¹⁵⁰ The city next in importance was Kāñcīpuram where there was a royal palace with an *abhiṣēka maṇḍapa* whence the king issued several important grants.¹⁵¹ Other places the presence of royal palaces in which finds specific mention in the inscriptions of the reign are: Āyirattaḷi,¹⁵² Tirumaḻuvāḍi,¹⁵³ Muḍikoṇḍa-śōḻapuram,¹⁵⁴ and Vikrama-śōḻapuram.¹⁵⁵