The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.82

c8.82

[The Pallavas, though secure at Kāñchi at the time could not extend their power as much as they wished because of the constant opposition of the Bāṇa chiefs of North Arcot and the neighbourhood, who were also known as ‘Mahvali’ chiefs. The two families were therefore very hostile to one another. But Professor Jouveau-Dubreuil holds that Pallava power extended as far south as Pudukotta. And this led to the Pallava king procuring the assistance of a Ganga chief of the Mysore country towards the conquest of the Bāṇas, who ruled the tracts ‘West of the Telugu road.’]