South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c9.s1.2

c9.s1.2

There was also a ‘natural son’ who is described as Jaṭāvarman Vīra Pāṇḍya and whose date of accession is A.D. June-July 1296. Apparently the father thought better of Vīra Pāṇḍya, and actually designed him for the succession as the Muhammadan historians have it. This is indicated by the fact that he is earlier associated with the father in the government, while the other rises to that honour six years after. The father’s preference for the more gifted prince provoked the jealously of the less gifted son, and led him to turn parricide about A.D. 1311-12; and the disputed succession provided the occasion for the invasion of Malik-Kafur, which will be dealt with in a later lecture.