The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t55: Pallava Peruñjiṅga
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t55
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Pallava Peruñjiṅga
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A ‘Ko-Peruñjiṅga’ always called a Pallava, or Kāḍava chief, became very famous as a rebel against the Chōḷa king Rājarāja III (*A.D. 1916-1246*). There were possibly, as has been suggested in *E. R. 1923, p. 96*, two chiefs of the same name, father and son.
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Also an *Ammaiyappan Pallavaraiyan* is known in A.D. 1175-78 as a feudatory of the Chōḷa king Rājādhirāja III (*V.R. i. Chittoor 339, 345; 468. 474 of 1905*).
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The name of the elder Peruñjiṅga (if there were two) was Aḷagiya-Śiyan-Avaniyāḷa-Piraṇdān-Peruñjiṅga. He appears to have revolted against his sovereign the Chōḷa king Rājarāja III about A.D. 1221. A battle was fought near Teḷḷāṟu. The Hoysaḷa king Narasimha II intervened and saved the Chōḷa throne, and put down the rebellions; after which Peruñjiṅga returned to his allegiance. About the same time the Pāṇḍya king Māravarman Sundara Pāṇḍya attacked, and says that he burnt Tanjore and Uraiyūr; a record at Vriddhāchalam of A.D. 1229 (*136 of 1900*) speaks of Peruñjiṅga as an officer under Rājarāja Chōḷa III.
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About A.D. 1231 Peruñjiṅga (possibly the son, but possibly the same) again revolted, and made prisoner of his suzerain Rājarāja Chōḷa, carrying him to his own town Śeṇḍamaṅgalam.
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(*For details of events see the Text; and see E.I. vii, 160*)
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In A.D. 1243 the second Peruñjiṅga (if there were two of the name) had himself crowned as a king, between May 9 and 13 in that year, under the title ‘Avanyāvanōdbhava-Rājasimha’. He had great power in his day during the decay of the Chōḷa kingdom.