South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c8.15

c8.15

He pushed forward from there to Śiriyavala (Śiruvayal) again.² Here he defeated the chiefs Puṅkoṇḍa Nāḍāḷvār and his allies, and burnt down the two storeyed palace of this chief. He then retired to Tirikkānupper (Kaḷaiyārkoil). In the meanwhile his colleague Jagad Vijaya marched west towards Manamadura and took a number of places, returning to Neṭṭūr. The two Ceylon armies now joined together and marched upon Tiruppālūr or Tiruppāli apparently against Kulaśēkhara. Kulaśēkhara in the meanwhile had come to the city of Rajina (not identified yet). Here a great battle took place between Kulaśēkhara and the combined Ceylon armies. Kulaśēkhara was ultimately defeated and the city of Rajina was taken by the Ceylonese. This brings the first part of the campaign to a close. Kulaśēkhara retired from the Pāṇḍya country and found shelter in the country of the Toṇḍamān and sought assistance of the Cholas from there.