Adigamans of Tagadur

Who he is

Name

Vidukathazhagiya Perumal (a late twelfth century ruler, the English Wikipedia says, descended from Ezhini, an Adigaman 'of the Chera family'); whether he holds on 1 January 1200 is not pinned

Title

Adigaman chief of Tagadur (Dharmapuri), a Chola subordinate

Since

late twelfth century (not pinned)

Born

not known

Family

The Sangam-era Atiyaman line of Tagadur, here re-used by a late twelfth century family that calls itself Adigaman or Satyaputra; the Gummireddipura plates mention the 'Sathyaputhra Adigaman dynasty'.

Confidence

low

Kulottunga III is said to have restored Chola authority over the Adigaman chiefs of Tagadur in 1187 to 1188 after fighting Veera Ballala II (English Wikipedia).

Overlord

Kulottunga III Chola

What it holds

• Tagadur (Dharmapuri) and its tanks and temples
• The Pennagaram, Harur and Palacode country
• The road north to Krishnagiri and Hosur and the passes toward the Baramahal

How it was acquired

Ancestral; Chola authority restored 1187 to 1188.

Allies and rivals

Chola vassals; Hoysala neighbours to the north; Kongu chiefs to the south.

How things stand that morning

A frontier house on the soft Chola-Hoysala edge; with the marriage tie between the two courts it is quiet.

Wealth

Tank paddy, hill produce, tolls on the north road.

Military

Retinues; no number.

Threats

• Hoysala pressure
• Kongu quarrels

Places of note

• Tagadur (Dharmapuri): Seat.

Where the sources disagree

• The assignment spells the family Atiyaman; the English Wikipedia on Kulottunga III writes 'Adigaman, not Atiyaman'. We use Adigaman and give Atiyaman once.

Evidence: One late twelfth century name from a Wikipedia table, one war date.

On the map: The northern edge toward Krishnagiri and Hosur is the soft Hoysala frontier (sik's side).

Primary sources for Chola empire

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Lesser Chronicle (the continuation of the Mahavamsa), Dhammakitti and later monks of the Mahavihara tradition (the first continuation about the 13th century (chapters 37 to 79), carried on in stages to the 18th century). The only narrative source for Lanka in 1200. Read online
• History of Song, chapters 488 and 489: Jiaozhi, Dali, Champa, Zhenla, Pagan, Srivijaya, Java, Brunei, Chola and Tambralinga, Toqto'a (Tuotuo) and the Yuan history office, from the Song court records (1343 to 1345, from Song veritable records and court diaries). The Chinese court's record of its southern neighbours, compiled from Song archives. Read online
• The Leiden grants of Rajaraja I and Kulottunga I concerning the Srivijaya vihara at Nagapattinam, The Chola chancery (Rajaraja I, Rajendra I, Kulottunga I) (the Larger plates about 1005 to 1014 (completed under Rajendra I); the Smaller plates 1090). Background documents for the relations between the Cholas and the Malay world. Read online
• Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts, Various (Kakatiya chancery and temple scribes), edited by P. Sreenivasachar (inscriptions of the 10th to 15th centuries; edited 1940 to 1942). The Kakatiyas of Orugallu (Warangal) are known for 1200 almost entirely from inscriptions, and this Hyderabad Archaeological Series corpus is the main printed collection. Read online
• Epigraphia Carnatica: inscriptions of the Mysore country, Various (Hoysala chancery and temple scribes), edited by B. Lewis Rice and R. Narasimhachar (inscriptions of the 4th to 19th centuries; the series ran from 1886 to 1905, revised from 1972). The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II (reigning 1173 to 1220) is documented almost wholly by the inscriptions in this series, arranged by district and taluk with full English translations. Read online
• Epigraphia Zeylanica: lithic and other inscriptions of Ceylon, Various (the Polonnaruwa kings' chanceries), edited by D. M. de Zilva Wickremasinghe, H. W. Codrington and S. Paranavitana (inscriptions of the 3rd century BC to the 18th century; the series ran from 1904). Prints with translation the stone records of the Polonnaruwa kings who held or lost the throne around 1200. Read online
• South Indian Inscriptions (Archaeological Survey of India), Various (Chola, Pandya and other chanceries and temple scribes), edited by E. Hultzsch, V. Venkayya, H. Krishna Sastri and successors (inscriptions of the 7th to 17th centuries; the series ran from 1890). The temple inscriptions printed here are the primary record of the Tamil country in 1200. Read online
• Travancore Archaeological Series, Various (Kerala chiefs, temples and merchant guilds), edited by T. A. Gopinatha Rao, K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer and A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar (inscriptions of the 9th to 18th centuries; the series ran from 1910 to 1938). The main corpus for the Kerala coast. Read online

4 more in the sources library for Southern India and Sri Lanka.