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Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras1) Gaṇḍarāditya (fl. 1118 A.D.) is the name of a king from the Śilāhāra dynasty mentioned in the “Herle stone inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya”. Gaṇḍarāditya is described as reigning from Vaḷavāḍa and as causing daily the growth of the royal fortune of the Kṣatriyas such as Bhojadeva who had been born earlier in the Śilāhāra family.
Accordingly, “Whiles Gaṇḍarādityadeva, endowed with all the titles, born in the lineage of Jīmūtavāhana, the emperor of the Khacara family, the king of the Śiḷāhāras, the Māṇḍalika, Ḍaṃgeya-Barmma, who had made his own the seven members of the royal fortune, a Śiva to the Māṇḍalikas, who is every day augmenting the royal fortune of the Kṣatriyas such as Bhojadeva who were his predecessors in the Śiḷāhāra family, is ruling from his capital at Vaḷavāḍa in the enjoyment of pleasant conversations”.
2) Gaṇḍarāditya or Gaṇḍarādityadeva is mentioned as the brother of Ballāla (a king from the Śilāhāra dynasty) in the “Honnur image inscription of the reign of Ballāla”.
3) 2) Gaṇḍarāditya or Gaṇḍarādityadeva, son of Mārasiṃhadeva, is also mentioned in the “Bamaṇī stone inscription of Vijayaditya”. Accordingly, “Goṅkala (son of Jatiga) had a son (named) Mārasiṃhadeva; his offspring was Gaṇḍarādityadeva. His son, the illustrious Vijayādityadeva”.
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Starts with: Gandaradityadeva.
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Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Palur (Paluvur) < [Parantaka I]
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Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Sittur (Sirraiyur) < [Chapter II - Temples of Parantaka I’s Time]
Temples in Nirppalani < [Chapter II - Temples of Parantaka I’s Time]
Temples in Sittur < [Chapter X - Historical Survey]
Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) (by R. Muthuraman)
History of Adavalleswarar temple < [Chapter 1]
Temples in and around Madurantakam (by B. Mekala)
Later Cholas (in Chengalpattu) < [Chapter 1 - Historical Backdrop]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
2. Conclusion (Maṇḍapas) < [Chapter 6 - Conclusion]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)