South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c11.5

c11.5

The Ballāḷa Prince sent over to Delhi.—The final terms of the treaty, however, do not appear to have been settled by Malik Kafur himself. As he did in respect of Ram Deo at Deogir, he sent prince Ballāḷa to Delhi along with the elephants and horses on this occasion also to obtain the ratification of the terms from Alau-d-din himself. Amir Khusru does not state this detail, but there are a few inscriptions of Vīra Ballāḷa III, which do make a reference to it. Two records¹ dated A.D. 1310 refer to the Muhammadan invasion, another one is² not dated but the name of the year is given from which we can make out that it refers to A.D. 1313. This latter records a grant to a temple on the occasion of the entry into the capital of Prince Vīra Ballāḷa Rāya returning from Delhi after the war against the ‘Turukas’ (Muhammadans). Having achieved this at Dvārasamudra and satisfactorily settled matters as far as the Hoysala kingdom went, Malik Kafur got ready for the invasion of Ma’bar which term then stood for the country of the Chola and the Pāṇḍya under Pāṇḍya rule for the time being.