but i cantfindthat,how thescholars says " arayan rajarajan " lead the ganges expedition of RJC. thiruvalangadu plates never mentions the name of the General.
Is there any inscriptions stating that arayan rajarajan lead the war.
could you pls clarify me that " On what Basis they conclude ARAYAN RAJARAJAN lead the war.
This is one of the reasons I wanted to seek insights into the book. 'Age of Rajendra-Chola I and his conquests, by V.Venkayya'
But Ariayan Rajarajan is not a fictious character, he holds a good position in Chola Kingdom, from Tiruvasalur inscription line 48, it is very evident.
If it is mentioned in 'Vangayin Maindhan' I see there must be some reason to it. Do you have anything on hand to disprove it?
in the book " ulaga maha chakravarthi rajendra cholan " the author says, another general whoerrected a statue of RJC at sivapuram, maybe the commander in chief of this conquest.
Also says that,the scholar RAJASEKARA THANGAMANIhas concludedthat arayan rajarajanwas the C- in - C, on the basis ofmusangi battle which was lead by him in the year 1019. he was honoured by a biruda as " JAYA SINGA KULA KALAN " for defeating the Western Chalukya king JAYA SINGA.
but the date of ganages conquest falls on 1021 to 1023 ( 10th to 11th ruling year of RJC ).
One inscription of kottasivaram says " arayan rajarajan " built a MANDAPA in the 10th year of RJC. the Inscription as follows,
No. 300. (A.R. No. 23 of 1917.) ON A PILLAR OF THE ANJANEYASVAMI TEMPLE AT KOTTASIVARAM, MADAKASIRA TALUK, ANANTAPUR DISTRICT. This is dated in the tenth year of the reign of the Chola king Rajendra-Choladeva and records that the mandapa was erected by Areyam Rajaraja alias Vikramachola-Choliyavariyam, the chief of Chattamangalam in Tiremur-nadu, and commander of the king’s army, on the 40th day opposite 160 days of the year. The inscription is written in the Tamil language and Kanarese characters.
This inscription in tamil may give the right details about this conclusion.
If the regions from " sakkarak kottam to uththira latam " mentioned in meikeerthi, belongs to theregionswithin thepresent india,another general who had a biruda as " MAHIPALA KULA KALAN " possibly the C - in - C.
I read this Inscription in a volume of SII, unfortunately iforgot the volume no. in which this inscription is mentioned. Trying to locate it.
these details must be considered about the conclusion of the C - in - C.
Dear Sakthi Sree You are correct, the General mentioned in the inscription was the C-in-C. He is mentioned in other inscriptions of 1917 also vide A.R.24,30,31. They are in SII Vol.IX. Easern Chalukyas inscriptions also mentions him. . He was awarded with other titles Nalmadi Veeman, Chozhana Chakkaran, Samanthabaranam, Veera Booshnam, Ethirthavarkalan, Ahitha Kottalivan(kannada) Jayasimhan Kulakalan.
But the war with Jayasingan and the war towards Ganges and eventual war against Pala Dynasty were two years apart and there is no overlap.
Do we know, if the army marched back to GKC before taking the task of Ganges? As we know, the army in its return did not return directly to GKC, but had to deal at Sindh too (the inscription evidence to this in our Arhives. The question of 'Did not they rest?' will not hold good, as armies of Alexander, did not rest until they reached to India. And RjC is in NO way inferior.
Finally, if I am wrong in saying it is Ariyan Rajarajan..Can you please correct me is saying who it is?
The name of that general is " ARAYAN NAGARAYAN alias MAHIPALA KULA KALAN " as per the inscription.
I am calculating the distance range between the regions and possible time durations to reach those regions. In the next mail, Itry togive the distance and time ratiomay be taken to complete the task of ganges war, according to an contemporararial evidence of time taken by MAHMUD of GHAZNI.