Part 4 - Vattiyarasar or Sattiyarasar (A.D. 1150)

Sattiyarasar is the earliest chief of the line known so far. None of his records are available. He is known from the only vrecord of his son and may be placed about A.D. 1150 as his son’s date is A.D. 1203-4. Sattiyarasar was of Akreya gotra, and had the prefix Rajarajapattai to his name. Accepting the explanation “the this word (pattai) must be taken to indicate subordination to the emperor whose name is used in conjunction with it,” Sattiyarasar and his predecessor must have been subordinates of Kulottunga II, Rajaraja II and Rajadhiraja II.