Though historians are not ready to accept literary sources as evidences, they have relied on 2 crucial issues of Chola history on only literary sources.
The article begins with eliminating names like Emmadu Raya and Jagaddeva whose names also appear in the history of Melkote during times of threat from Mohammadans. The utsava murthy of Melkote was recovered from the house of the daughter of Dilleshwara, a Turk.
Ramanuja’s return date from Delhi commemorated as Delhi Utsava at Melkote every year is deciphered.