The Colas c23.87

c23.87

We may now consider the other references to the Kāḍavas in the inscriptions of the reign. Vīraśēkhara Kāḍava, also called Araśanārāyaṇaṇ Āḷappirandān, presented a necklace (*ēkāvalli-vaḍam*) of precious stones to the deity at Tiruvaṇṇāmalai in the thirteenth year of Kulōttunga (A.D. 1191);¹⁶⁴ twelve years later, he bears the title Adigaimān of Kūḍalūr, evidently assumed after his expedition against Kūḍalūr and Adigaimān mentioned before, and endows a lamp at Tiruvenṇainallūr.¹⁶⁵ Two inscriptions of the third year (A.D. 1181) from the same place mention Kūḍal Mōhan Āḷappirandān and Uḍaiyār Kāḍavarāyar,¹⁶⁶ perhaps names of one and the same person; one of his *agambaḍi mudalis* is said to come from Sēndamaṅgalam, the fortress city which held an important place under the Kāḍavas; there is thus clear indication that Kūḍal and Sendamaṅgalam were already in the possession of the Kāḍavas. Whether Mōhan Āḷappirandān or Uḍaiyār Kāḍavarāya is the same as Vīraśēkhara, and whether, if that be so, we must assume that the expedition against Kūḍal and Adigaimān had taken place before A.D. 1181 ,are questions which cannot yet be answered with certainty. Another detail, equally uncertain, relates to the identity of Kūḍal Ēḻiśaimōgan Maṇavāḷapperumāl Vāṇilaikaṇḍān Rājarāja Kāḍavarāyan mentioned in two inscriptions from Tirūveṇṇainallūr and Vṛddhācalam.¹⁶⁷