The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s3.40
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s3.40
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² Rice interprets the title differently: ‘His son Rājendra Coḷa, in command of his father’s forces, advanced against Talekād, the Ganga capital, and this ancient city fell in 1004, and with it the Ganga line came to an end as a sovereign power. The event was marked by Rājendra Coḷa assuming the title of Gaṅgaikoṇḍa Coḷa, “the Coḷa who took Gangai”’ (*Bh. Comm.*, vol. 1917, p. 247).