Studies in Cola History and Administration c7.40

c7.40

kavēra-tanayā - velōllaṅghana-praśamana- pramukhā-dyane-kātiśaya - kāriṇaḥ Trairājya - sthiti - mātmasātkr̥tavataḥ karikālasyānvaye”, meaning “ In the family of Karikāla, who was the mandāra tree on the Mandara mountain viz., the solar race; who was the worker of many wonders like that of controlling the daughter of Kavera, overflowing her banks; who obtained for himself the position of (the headship of the) three kingdoms.” These plates have been dated by Mr. Krishna Śāstri in the eighth century. They may well be, however, a century earlier than that. * However that may be, they are interesting for two reasons. This is the earliest mention so far known of the connection of Karikāla with any family in the Telugu country. This is also the earliest reference to the flood banks of the Kāvēri. And there is no mention yet of Triṇētra Pallava.