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Chap. IV. TANJOR. 365
Besides the great temple and the Nandi porch there are
several other smaller shrines in the enclosure, one of which,
dedicated to Subrahmanya or Karttikeya, a son of Siva’s, is as
exquisite a piece of decorative architecture as is to be found
in the south of India, and though small, almost divides our
admiration with the temple itself (Woodcut No. 214). It is
built behind an older shrine, which may be coeval with the great
temple as originally designed. But this is evidently of more
214. Temple of Subrahmanya, Tanjor. (From a Photograph.)
recent date, — probably two centuries more modern than
the principal temple. The woodcut No. 215 of one of the
piers in the verandah in front of the temple, when compared
with that given below (p. 387), from Tirumal Nayyak’s chaultri,
shows at a glance that they belong to about the same period,
kings; the researches of the late Professor
Kielhorn, C.I.E., of Gottingen, based on
the epigraphical labours of Dr, Hultzsch
and Mr. B. L. Rice, C.I.E., supply the
following list of the principal rulers :—
A.D. 907 Parantaka I.
Rajaditya Muvadi Chola.
Parantaka II.
985 R&jataja I.
IOI2 Rajendra Chola I.
1018 Rajadhiraja I.
1052 Rajendradeva.
1063 Virarajendra.
1070 Kulottunga Chola I.
1118 Vikrama Chola.
Kulottunga Chola II.
1146 R&jaraja II.
1178 Kulottunga Chola III.
1216 R&jartija III.
1246-1267 Rajendra Chola III.
Besides the great temple and the Nandi porch there are
several other smaller shrines in the enclosure, one of which,
dedicated to Subrahmanya or Karttikeya, a son of Siva’s, is as
exquisite a piece of decorative architecture as is to be found
in the south of India, and though small, almost divides our
admiration with the temple itself (Woodcut No. 214). It is
built behind an older shrine, which may be coeval with the great
temple as originally designed. But this is evidently of more
214. Temple of Subrahmanya, Tanjor. (From a Photograph.)
recent date, — probably two centuries more modern than
the principal temple. The woodcut No. 215 of one of the
piers in the verandah in front of the temple, when compared
with that given below (p. 387), from Tirumal Nayyak’s chaultri,
shows at a glance that they belong to about the same period,
kings; the researches of the late Professor
Kielhorn, C.I.E., of Gottingen, based on
the epigraphical labours of Dr, Hultzsch
and Mr. B. L. Rice, C.I.E., supply the
following list of the principal rulers :—
A.D. 907 Parantaka I.
Rajaditya Muvadi Chola.
Parantaka II.
985 R&jataja I.
IOI2 Rajendra Chola I.
1018 Rajadhiraja I.
1052 Rajendradeva.
1063 Virarajendra.
1070 Kulottunga Chola I.
1118 Vikrama Chola.
Kulottunga Chola II.
1146 R&jaraja II.
1178 Kulottunga Chola III.
1216 R&jartija III.
1246-1267 Rajendra Chola III.