South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c13.s1.92

c13.s1.92

28. *Mankul*.—The translator in Elliott's vol. iii suggests Namakkal as the equivalent of this which would be an impossible distance for a man from Madura to retire into for safety. Mankul is undoubtedly Mangalam. There are a number of these Mangalams about Madura. The Mangalam that is referred to here seems to be the two Kiḷa Mangalam and Mēla Mangalam near Periakulam in the western ghats. We have a historical precedent to justify this identification as that is the locality to which Vīra Pāṇḍya fled when his father's rival Kulaśēkhara had got the upper hand and assassinated the father and his family.