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Contents 1 Choodamani Buddha Vikaram 2 Personal Life 2.1 Mother of Rajendra 2.2 Panchavanmahadevi 2.3 Great Man? 2.4 Regiments in Tanjore Inscription

[edit] Choodamani Buddha Vikaram

Why not we mention about the Chudamani Buddha vikaram, Nagappatinnam Doctor Bruno 19:55, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Dorcto Bruno. The article mentions the Chudamani Vihara, but if you want to add more information, please add to the article. I couldn't find a lot on the Vihara. I don't think it exists anymore.

Thanks for your Kudos in my Talk page as well.

Venu62 22:07, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Life

[edit] Mother of Rajendra

As per Kalki, Rajendra's mother was not the queen who sat with Rajaraja on the throne (பட்டத்து அரசி Pattathu arasi) and that was some one else.

[edit] Panchavanmahadevi

As per Balakumaran, Panchavanmahadevi took some herbs and aborted her child and ensured that she does not get pregnant again.

While these are not "history" per se, I think that we can have a seperate section mentioning such facts also.

This is MY opinion and feedback invitedDoctor Bruno 14:56, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't believe we should take Kalki and Balakumaran's stories as evidence in an article about the historic Rajaraja. With due respect to these authors, their works are fiction without the need to provide any authentic evidence. I have based this article on K.A. Nilakanta Sastri's The Cholas which has been for the past seventy years the authoritative book on the Chola dynasty. This does not mention anything about Rajaraja's wife aborting or his daughter converting to Buddhism.

If we began to use Ponniyin Selvan and Udayar as references, where do we stop? What about Mandakini Devi and Sendan Amudhan, who is supposed to be the real Uththama Chola. What about Nandhini, who assassinated Aditya Karikala?

Parthi 20:07, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Does Balakumaran offer any proof for the supposed abortion by Panchavanmahadevi? if he doesn't then this claim is not a fact but fiction.

We can possible create a section for "Rajaraja Chola in popular fiction" and detail these items. It shouldn't confuse actual history with fiction. - Parthi 23:50, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

There is already such section. I added a remark about Kanthalur in the 'FICTION' SECTION (attributing the author) and it has been edited. What to doDoctor Bruno 14:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great Man?

We have accounts of his army massacring civilians, raping women and slaughtering people

How is he a great man? He is as pathetic as some of the islamic invaders of India

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.121.167.203 (talk) 02:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Regiments in Tanjore Inscription

A number of regiments are mentioned in the Tanjore inscriptions.

• Perundanattu Anaiyatkal.
• Pandita-Chola-Terinda-villigal.
• Parivarameykappargal.
• Palavagai-Parampadaigalilar.Doctor Bruno 18:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)