What it says
Uttama Chola’s coins show the tiger seated between two fish with a bow beside, and his name in Grantha. Rajaraja I introduced a new type with a standing king on the front and a seated figure on the back, with “Sri Rajaraja” in Nagari. These copper pieces were struck in such numbers that they are still turned up in fields across Sri Lanka, which the Cholas ruled for some seventy years.
What it proves
The emblems claim lordship over the three Tamil crowns, and the finds in Lanka mark how far Chola rule reached.
