The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.172

c8.172

A.D. c. 700. Accession of the Pāṇḍya king Arikēśari-Parākrama alias Rājasimha I. The alliance between the Pallavas and Pāṇḍyas in opposition to the Chāḷukyas was of short duration, and in this reign they were at open war again. They met in battle at Śankaramangai, or, as it is otherwise called, Śankaragrāma. Each side claims the victory. Arikēśari is also renowned in an old Tamil poem for having won a victory at Tiru-Nelvēli (Tinnevelly); also at Viḷiṇam, Koṭṭāru, Śēvūr, Pūlandai, and Kaḍaiyal against the Chēra king; and at many other places against unnamed enemies (*I.A. 1922, p. 211*; *T.A.S., i, 153*; *E I. xvii, 291.*) He is said to have ‘renewed the walls of Kūḍal, i.e., of Madura and of Vanji and Kōḷi (Uraiyūr).’