The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.285

c8.285

From these inscriptions we learn that the Noḷamba chief Mahēndra I, called also ‘Mayiṇḍādi,’ had, under the orders of his suzerain the Ganga ‘Daḍige’ Rāchamalla, ‘marched against Taḷakāḍu’ apparently before he invaded the Puliṇāḍu. [Though why the Ganga chief should have wanted his subordinate to attack one of the principal Ganga towns is a puzzle.] The Government Epigraphist thought perhaps in consequence of some internal dissensions in the Ganga kingdom Taḷakāḍ had fallen into the hands of some rival Ganga chief (E. R. 1913, pp. 90, 91). Acting under the same orders Mahēndra sent his two generals, ‘Kaḍuveṭṭi’ Muttarasa and Madura, to invade the Bāṇa country of the Puliṇāḍu; and they did so and burned the town of Permāvi, and destroyed Kōyarrūr. The Bāṇa chief ‘Vira-Chūḷāmaṇi’, i.e., Vijayāditya II ‘Prabhumēru,’ assisted by the Vaiḍumba chief Gaṇḍa-Trinētra, attacked the invaders. There was a sanguinary battle at Sorēmati, and the Noḷamba-Ganga allies were beaten back.