[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [South India and her Muhammadan Invaders](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.aiyangar-1921) › c8.29 # South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c8.29 South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c8.29 - **Language:** English ### [c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.aiyangar-1921.c8.29) tain the campaign, and ultimately victory seems to have turned in his favour. The war continued against Vīra Pāṇḍya even after the retirement of the Singhalese. Kulaśēkhara died in the course of the war or soon after. The last great Chola Kulottunga III, as heir-apparent, took up the cause of his son Vikrama Pāṇḍya vigorously, and, according to the Chola record at Tirukkolambūdūr of the fourth year of Kulottunga III (A.D. 1182) ‘the Singhalese soldiers had their noses cut off and rushed into the sea. Vīra Pāṇḍya himself was compelled to retreat. The town of Madura was captured and made over to Vikrama Pāṇḍya.’¹ The war thus ended in favour of the Cholas, sometime in the seventies of the twelfth century. - [Previous: c8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.aiyangar-1921.c8.28) - [Next: c8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.aiyangar-1921.c8.30) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.aiyangar-1921.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.aiyangar-1921.c8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.aiyangar-1921.c8.29) · Pramāṇa