South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c13.s1.89

c13.s1.89

(2) There are two other Mangalams that figure in the campaign to which the Ceylon general had to go to meet the fugitive Vīra Pāṇḍya, the son of Vikrama Pāṇḍya who was put to death by his rival Kulaśēkhara. These are Kiḷamangalam and Mēlamangalam at the foot of the hills west of Madura, and very near the town of Periakuḷam. These are certainly places to which one in the position of Vīra Pāṇḍya would naturally go for refuge, as access to the place for an army would be somewhat difficult, and a retreat for a fugitive into the Travancore country across the hills would be easy.