Assassination of Adithan II
The Rajakesari Second Year Udayarkudik Kalvettu states that Sundara Chola was very much affected in his last days due to the disaster in his family life and that the Thiruveera Narayana Chaturveda Mangala Sabha undertook the task of confiscating and selling the property of some people for the crime of killing the 'Pandya-headed Charikala Chola'. It is clear from this inscription that Adithan II was killed by a conspiracy.This Rajakesari inscription applies to Sundara Chola and Adithan's brother Rajaraja Chola who came to the title after Uttama Chola. The inscriptions of Adithan II date back to the 5th year and it is clear that the inscription belongs to Rajaraja Chola as Adithan could not be said to have ruled before his father. It is true that in the sixteen years of Uttama Chola's rule, those who killed Aditya II were not avenged. Sundara Chola, who lost his son, either died of grief or regretted the intrigues that made it impossible to punish those who killed his ...

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