South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c13.s1.85

c13.s1.85

23. Kham.—The equivalent for this is suggested in Kaḍambavanam a city now in ruins, which must have been one of some considerable importance from the remains of its fortifications that one sees in the locality of Nārttāmalai about eleven miles from Puḍukōṭṭa along the Trichinopoly road, and about a mile aside of it. The particular locality is called now-a-days Kaḍambar Malai and the god called Kaḍambavanēśvara. The city might have been Kaḍambavanam of which Kham would be a possible contraction. Further research may confirm this identification.