The Colas c23.66

c23.66

The relations between Kulōttunga and his Telugu-Cōḍa vassals of the north have been discussed already. We may now proceed to enumerate the feudatories of the emperor in other parts of the dominion, and also notice some Telugu chieftains not mentioned already. A *mahāmaṇḍalēśvara* Tribhuvanamalla Malli Cōḍa of Hēmāvati acknowledges Kulōttunga's supremacy very early in the reign.¹⁴⁸ The Gaṅga chieftain of Kōlār, Amarābharaṇa Śīyagaṅga, is represented by inscriptions ranging from the third to the thirty-fourth year of Kulōttuṅga's reign. He had also the name Sūra Nāyaka, and one of his sons endowed a lamp at Kāḷahasti in the third year (\textsc{a.d.} 1181).¹⁴⁹ This chieftain was the patron of the Tamil grammarian Pavaṇandi, a Jaina writer, whose *Nannūl* has practically displaced all other manuals of Tamil grammar. Other chieftains of Gaṅga extraction are also known.¹⁵⁰