The Colas c24.56

c24.56

The latest regnal year cited in the inscriptions of Rājēndra is the thirty-third, corresponding roughly to a.d. 1279. An undated inscription from Tirukkaṇṇapuram⁸⁸ mentions a certain Śēmāppiḷḷai called by the king '*nammagan*', 'our son'; but as this description is often applied to feudatories in Cōḷa inscriptions, it is doubtful if Śēmāpiḷḷai was really a son of Rājēndra III.⁸⁹ He also figures as a feudatory of Vīra Pāṇḍya. A queen of Rājēndra is apparently mentioned under the title Śōḷa-kula-mādēviyār in an inscription from Tiruveṇṇainallūr about A.D. 1263.⁹⁰ Rājēndra apparently had few feudatories under him; a Śōḷa-Gaṅgan and a Kaḷappāḷan are the only names to be noted in this connection.⁹¹ Gaṅgaikoṇḍa-cōḷapuram continued to be the capital, and God Naṭarāja of Cidambaram the *iṣṭadēvata* of the king.