The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.286

c8.286

As to the date of these events we are aided by the inscription at Dharmapuri, anciently Tagaḍūr, in Salem District (348 of 1901; V. R. ii. Salem 81) which shews Mahēndra Noḷamba at that place in the year A.D. 878-79, Ś. 800. This place was far from his own country, and as it is about fifty miles only from Taḷakāḍ it is reasonable to suppose he was there only because he had gained temporary possession of Taḷakāḍ; we therefore date the battle of Sorēmati at about A.D. 877-78. As additional support it may be noticed that a few years later, viz., in A.D. 892 the Ganga and Noḷamba chiefs had quarrelled and were openly fighting one another. (See E. R. 1913, Rep. § 13.)