The Colas c23.33

c23.33

The inscription then mentions the defeat of Pāṇḍya Vīra Kēraḷa, whose finger was cut off and who was forced to turn back,⁶⁴ and the gifts made to him, as also the gift of much treasure, robes, and bejewelled vessels to the Pāṇḍya who bore the glorious name of ‘chief of the family of the Sun’. From Tiruvoṟṟiyūr⁶⁵ we have an inscription of the nineteenth year which says, in the midst of much sham history, that Kulōttunga cut off the heads of Tennavan and Vikkalan; these statements, it is certain, deserve no credence and may be ignored. Another record from Tirumāṇikuḷi⁶⁶ of the twenty-first year follows the Śrīraṅgam inscription of the nineteenth year except that it omits the gifts of land and crown to the Pāṇḍya and of wealth to the Cēra when they both sat at the feet of Kulōttunga’s throne and he placed his foot on the crown of the Pāṇḍya; it also adds at the end that Kulōttunga adorned with his feet the crown of the Ceylonese king (Īḻattān) in order that it may prosper.