The Colas c24.17

c24.17

So far the Tiruvēndipuram inscription. The suggestion has been made that the inscription is found engraved in this village, because it was here that the Hoysala generals took leave of the Cōḷa king Rājarāja III, after his restoration.²⁹ All the villages mentioned in this inscription have been traced in the South Arcot district. It is not clear, however, who the Ceylon ruler Parākramabāhu was. He cannot be identical with Parākramabāhu II of Ceylon who came to the throne in 1236,³⁰ for here Parākramabāhu is said to have lost his life in the year 1230. He was perhaps some other prince of the Ceylonese royal family and may be taken to correspond to the *mlēccha* and *vaidēśika* help which Kōpperuñjinga commanded in this fight, according to the author of the *Gadya-karṇāmṛta*.