The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t1: Adigaiman Chief
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t1
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Adigaiman Chief
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Also called ‘Adigan’, or ‘Adiyamān’, or ‘Adiyan’. Ruled the tract in N. of Salem district and S Mysore with capital at Tagadūr, modern Dharmapuri. Very little is known about them.
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An early Chera king is said to have conquered the Adiyamān and taken Tagadūr. An Adiyan fought against the Pāndya king Nedunjadaiyan, in alliance with the Pallava and Kerala kings--when there were battles at Āyiraveli, Ayirūr, and Pugaliyūr Another Adiyan fought against the Chōla king.
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One of the Adigaimāns was named Elini alias Yavanikā. Another was Vagan, or Rājarāja, whose son was Vidugādalagiya-Perumāl, alias Vyāmukta-Śravanōjjvala (E. R. 1906, §34; E. I. VI, 331). He was subordinate to the Chōla king Kulottunga Chola III (1178-1216), and a contemporary of the Sengēni chief Ammaiyappan-Attimallan Sambuvarāya (1171-1210). He was alive in A.D. 1198-1200. He was called ‘Lord of Takata’ i. e. Tagadūr, and is said to have ruled over the three rivers, Pālār, Southern Pennār, and Kāvēri. He made compacts with the Sambuvarāya chief and with Karikāla Chola-Adaiyūr-Nādālvān—, that the three chiefs would keep the peace, and not (as was their previous custom) fight against one another (E. I. VI, 332; E. R. 3, 107, 115 of 1900). Elini or Yavanikā is said to have been of royal Chera birth.