South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c8.s2.1

c8.s2.1

In the course of these wars, Kopperunjinga, the chieftain of Śendamangalam, was apparently in active alliance with the Pāṇḍyas, and therefore Pāṇḍya intervention was regarded as imminent. The conquest of the Magaras in the north by the Hoysala, and the absence of mention of the Śambuvarāya chieftain go to show that the northern frontier was left to their charge and looked after by them. Thus for the time being we find the Hoysalas established firmly in the Chola country, though at the same time we find Rājendra III ruling as the Chola sovereign. The establishment of the Hoysala near Śrīrangam seems definitely to have been intended against the rising power of the Pāṇḍyas, (whose history we shall study in the next lecture), and to prevent their junction with their active ally Kopperunjinga at Śendamangalam.