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.
Kurattazhwar disguised himself as Ramanuja by donning his robes and went after the emissaries accompanied by Periya Nambhi. From 6000 padi text we come to know that the king was at a military camp (padai veedu /படை வீடு) at Gangaikonda Cholapuram at that time.
Agitated by the retort given by Kurattazhwar and the non-compliance of the two to sign the undertaking, the king ordered his men to pluck their eyes.
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.
Part 3 of the thread on ‘Ramanuja is a History’ tracing the identity of the Muslim invader who ransacked Melkote temple in the 11th century. jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2018/07/ramanu… Ramanuja is a history – 3 (Muslim invasion at Melkote)
There is a mausoleum on the banks of Tonnur lake (Thondanur) of ‘one of the fanatical followers of Ghazni’ – and recorded by Francis Buchannan. Coming to know that it was that of ‘Martyr’, Tipu Sultan enlarged it using the materials of a Hindu temple
Annual Report of the Mysore Archaeological Dept 1939, published the details of this Darga and identified the person as “Syed Salar Masud’. Urs held in the month of Rajjab