The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.466

c8.466

A.D. 992. An inscription of this year at Darśanankoppam in South Travancore states that Rājarāja I, recognized there as overlord, had before that time ‘destroyed the ships at Kāndalūr-Śālai’. A later record (below, s.v. A.D. 998-99) says that this event took place ‘in his (Rājarāja’s) tender youth.’ This shews two things—(i) the exploit recorded was performed probably before Rājarāja came to the throne; (ii) The king was reigning over the old Pāṇḍya dominions. (T. A. S. xiv. 237, C, E.)