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Muttaraiyan was a title used by various officials in the Chola government during the medieval period. It should not be confused with the Muthuraja caste and has been borne by persons from various communities. For example, there was one Virarajendra Brahmadhiraya Muttaraiyan and Vikramasola Brahmadiraya Muttaraiyan who were feudatories of Kulothunga Chola III. These two vassals were not Muthuraja chiefs as the word Brahmadiraya meant Brahmin chiefs only.^[1]

There was another Brahmadiraya Muttaraiyan who was the elder brother of VānaVidyadhara-nādālvan during the time of Kulottunga II. The latter had built a temple called Kulottunga Choleeswara.^[2]

During the reign of Rajaraja Chola III around 1243 AD, there was an officer called Mallan Sivan alias Brahmadaraya Muttaraiyan, referred to as pillai (son). He was the holder of the royal fief (arasukuru) and the governor of Urattur-nadu.^[3]

During the reign of Rajaraja Chola I, the head of the elephant corps was Srutiman Nakkan Chandiran alias Rajamalla Muttaraiyan. The officer was martyred in the fight with Irivabedanga Satyasraya when he tried piercing the enemy's elephant as per the order of prince Rajendra Chola I.^[4]^[5]

The title was also borne by a Bana chieftain and feudatory of Nrpatunga Pallava, called as Paranjaya Kadupatti Muttaraiyan and described as a descendant of Balikula. The latter was the Vjnapti(executor) of the Chirrur plates of Nrpatunga.^[6]^[7]

Inscription referring to the deed called kilipunaithitu given by Manavala-muttaraiyan in Kallar caste who had kani rights in Pudukkudi alias Rajndira cholamangalam , a hamlet of Tiruvellarai in Vadavali nadu. He gave the deed asserting that he received in one kili (pouch) the entire sum of 4000 kasu, the price amount of the four shares, from the temple trustees and handed over the same to the sellers of the share. ^[8]

References

^ M. S. Govindasamy. The role of feudatories in later Chōḷa history. Annamalai University, 1979 - Chola (Indic people) - 325 pages. p. 263.
^ Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri. The Cōḷas, Volume 2, Issue 2. University of Madras, 1937 - Chola (Indic people). p. 643.
^ S. Sankaranarayanan, S. S. Ramachandra Murthy, B. Rajendra Prasad, D. Kiran Kranth Choudary. Śāṅkaram: recent researches on Indian culture : Professor Srinivasa Sankaranarayanan festchrift. Harman Pub. House, 2000. p. 119.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Mythic Society (Bangalore, India). The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore, India)., Volume 85. The Society, 1994. p. 70.
^ Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Achut Dattatrya Pusalker, A. K. Majumdar, Dilip Kumar Ghose, Vishvanath Govind Dighe, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. The History and Culture of the Indian People: The struggle for empire.-2d ed, Volume 5 of The History and Culture of the Indian People, Achut Dattatrya Pusalker. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1966. p. 165.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ History Of Ancient India (portraits Of A Nation), By Kapur, Kamlesh, p.613
^ Irāmaccantiran̲ Nākacāmi, Tamil Nadu (India). Dept. of Archaeology. Thiruttani and Velanjeri copper plates. State Dept. of Archaeology, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, 1979 - History - 34 pages. p. 10.
^ South Indian Inscriptions Vol 41. 2019. p. 302.