The Colas c23.118

c23.118

³⁷ *E.I.* viii, p. 260—Kielhorn. See p. 357 *ante* for the Hemāvati Tamil inscription giving a date pointing to 1166-7 as the year of Kulōttunga's accession. There are on the other hand several inscriptions of Rājādhirāja in the Telugu districts (Drākṣārāma in particular) to show that he lived there many years after his rule ended in the Tamil country. In the Pallavarāyanpēṭṭai inscription, there is a hint of some trouble at the time of Rājādhirāja II's coronation after the death of Rājarāja II; this may have occurred in 1166, one of the starting points of the chronology of Rājādhirāja's reign, and the year in which Kulōttunga also claims to have begun his reign (Hemāvati record). It may be suggested that Kulōttunga never gave up his rivalry, and brought about the exile of Rājādhirāja to the Telugu country in 1178 when he seized the Cōḷa throne with the aid of his partisans. The relations between Rājādhirāja II and Kulōttunga III obviously need closer study in the light of the records briefly noticed here and of future discoveries.