Sister of Sundra cholar? married to a bana chief
  • 11. The *Chola expedition to Ceylon* also finds mention in a record from
    Tirunagesvaram (No. 197). The two Sanskrit verses with which the
    inscription opens are unfortunately damaged, but with the help of these and
    the Tamil portion of the record we can make out that Princess
    Arinjigai-Piratti the daughter of Arikulakesari (and hence another sister
    of Sundara-Chola) who was married to a Bana chief, set up an image of (a
    deity called) Amarasundaradeva in the temple and made provision for
    offerings and worship to that image. This was very probably in memory of
    her husband who fell fighting along with the Kodumbalur general Parantakan
    Siriyavelar on the battle field in Ceylon, since the Sanskrit portion
    mentions Simhala and refers to some heroic fight which ‘the ornament of the
    Bali family’, viz., her husband, the Bana chief, put up against his enemies.
  • So
    1. Sundara Chola had 2 sisters
    2. Wheras Sundara Chola's wife and Grand Daughter in law ( Rajendra's wife) committed
    Sati, His Sister and Sister in law ( Sembian ma devi) lived after their husbands

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