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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 Rajaraja I. 1012 Rajendra Chola I. 1018 Rajadhiraja I. 1052 Rajendradeva. 1063 Virarajendra. 1070 Kulottunga Chola I. 1118 Vikrama Chola. Kulottunga Chola II. 1146 Rajaraja II. 1178 Kulottunga Chola III. 1216 Rajaraja III. 1246-1267 Rajendra Chola III.