The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.51

c8.51

Arrian, the Greek geographer flourished about this time. About this time also, the Pāṇḍya King Neḍuñjeḷian Pāṇḍya I came to the throne in Madura. He was contemporary with Karikāla Chōḷa and the Chēra King Ādan II. He is said to have defeated an ‘Āryan’ army in the Dekhan. He is also called ‘Ugra Pāṇḍya’ or ‘Ugra Peruvaḷudi.’ His capital was Korkhai on the Tāmraparṇi river, but it was afterwards removed to Madura. The Veḷvikuḍi grant of about A.D. 770 says that after the reign of Neḍuñjeḷian I (cir. A.D. 190) the Pāṇḍya country was occupied by the Kaḷabhras who, V. Venkayya thought, might be the Karṇāṭas.¹