Evidence 4 : It is quite interesting to note that Mathuranthaka either had no issues or had some issues who could not come to power. T.V.S. Pandarathar talks about certain 'Mathuranthaka" who was working as a temple supervisor in Rajaraja's times and says that he was the son of Uttama chola. I'm not sure whether his claim was based on any evidences or not. Remember that even Rajendra had the name madhuranthaka before he became a king. Arumizhi was recognised as the heir apparent during uttama's time. If uttama had children, they should have come to power either during his own life time or after Rajaraja. But surprisingly, we find that issues of Utttama chola are not even tracable very clearly - leave alone the issue of coming to power. It is difficult to accept that theory that Uttama did'nt have any children - considering the fact that he had many wives - unless.... (You know what I mean :-)) Taking TVS theory that he had a son, why was he not given a very high position or recognized in Rajaraja's times ? What happened to the generations that followd ? At a much later date, we find that a completely new breed of cholas (chalukya - cholas) were allowed to regin the kingdom after athi rajendra. It is quite surprising that the issues of Uttama chola could not make a headway into the royal frontiers at all. It somehow seems that the whole generation was disregarded - in terms of power - since Rajaraja. Why did the generation did not revolt ? After all, going by the chola practice - the crown belongs to the generation of uttama more than arumozhi. Was it true that Rajaraja and Rajendra completely overshadowed the other branch by their sheer valour ? Or was it a deliberate attempt to sideline the generation of Uttama who committed a henious crime to sieze the throne ?
I, for one, found the fact that Uthama Chozhar had no issues pretty perplexing too- rather difficult to digest that. And there's another thing- Kalki indicates in PS that Poonghuzhali marries Uthama Chozhar- and Kalki would never marry characters unless he knew them to be real (like Kundhavai and VD)- so does that mean that Uthama Chozhar really married an 'odakkara penn'?? Can't digest that, either. And I've always thought that Poonguzhali was a fictional character- was she or was she not??