Vanakkam, I recently read the book called "Kaveri Maindhan" by Anusha. She had tried to write a sequel to PS, i suppose. As a book, it was a good narration, but as a sequel to PS, it wouldn't satisfy the expectations of PS readers, i think. How did others felt about the same? Also, was the retrieval of Pandya's 'Rathna haram' and 'crown' had been really done duringthe period or a scope created by the author? Nandrigaludan, Amar
as a rule sequels never live up to the original - add to it the masters ( kalki) brilliance. regarding the crown, quoting from the Mahavamsam account( srilanka)
During the reign of Dappula V (918-930), a Pandya king came to Ceylon to ask for Dappula's help against the Colas. Since the assistance was refused he betook himself to the Kerala country, leaving his diadem in Ceylon (Mahav. 53, 5ff). Under king Udaya II (942-950) a Cola king sent his army to Ceylon to fetch the Pandya crown (Mahav, 53, 40ff.) But although the Colas were victorious in battle and conquered the northern provinces, Udaya succeeded in escaping to Rohana with the crown and other treasures. The victorious Cola king was no doubt again Parantaka I (907-947), mentioned above, for he calls himself in his latest inscriptions conqueror of Ilam i.e, Ceylon.(1)
A diadem (from the Greek 'diadema' from 'diadeo' to bind round, or fasten) was originally a white ribbon, ending in a knot and two strips that were placed often on the shoulders, that surrounded the head of the king to denote his authority.By extension, this term was applied later to a crown, generally with a circular shape.
(Authorâs Note: Chola inscriptions found in India by King Rajendra Chola indicates Pandu King fled to Lanka and left the diadem in Lanka. It further states that he brought back the diadem from Lanka.
Udaya IV: (955 AD â" 964 AD) After Sena, Udaya became the King. Chola Attack: During King Udayaâs time, Chola King, sent messengers demanding the diadem left by the Pandu King. King Udaya refused to send the diadem to the Chola King. Chola King sent a huge army and defeated King Udayaâs army. King Udaya fled to Rohana.
In A.D. 981 the weak king Mahinda V ascended the throne of Ceylon. Since he was unable to pay them, tile Kerala and other mercenaries rebelled. Mahinda fled to Rohana, but in Northern Ceylon the mercenaries carried on a military dictatorship. The Cola king, turning the confusion in Ceylon to his own advantage, sent troops to tile island (Mahav. 55, 14 ff.). The Colas advanced on Rohana, captured the king and the queen alive and brought them with all their treasures to India. This took place in the 36th year of Mahinda's reign, i.e. A.D. 1017,
The victorious Cola king was Rajendra Cola I, for he boasts in the Tirumalai Rock inscription(2) of having seized the crown of the king of Ilam (on) the tempestuous ocean; the exceedingly fine crowns of the queens of that (king); the beautiful crown and the necklace of Indra, which the king of the South (i.e. the Pandya) had previously deposited with that (king of Ilam); the whole Ila-mandala (on) the transparent sea."
That was really a gr8 explanation. Thanks for enlightening me with those facts. I'm an illiterate with respect to such historical facts, and could gain such clarifications only thru books and chats. And more over your guidance.
welcome, in todays connected world, we have access to all these. but imagine the herculian efforts of kalki to gather all this and cronicle / weave it into his immortal work...we all read ps visualising these events in our agakk kan and cannot aptly find words to describe the joy when we find these facts.
For every great epic there is a start...the transcendental outburst of emotion of valmiki onseeing the hunter shooting down the kraunca bird led to the immortal ramayana
The famous shloka that vAlmIki utters when he witnesses the killing of the krauncha bird by the hunter:
Dear Amar the pandya haram and mudi were brought back by Rajendra 1....there is epigraphic evidence to that effect This is covered well in Akilans Vengaiyin Mainthan...a must read...I somehow felt that this can be called a sequael to PS...because VD is the samanthakanayakar of the Chola empire and still has the same charm though he is in his 60s-70s
Hi Sri, Thanks for the detail, i feel gr8 to be in the grp as i get to know lot of thinks that i desired, and unexpected things too, like the book mentioned by you. That will be the very next book on which i'm gonna lay my hands upon. Nandrigaludan, Amar