History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c11.s1.28

c11.s1.28

As regards his achievements we read in verse 10 of the Vēlūrpāḷayam grant that his prowess was widely known on earth, that he quickly seized the country of the Cholas, embellished by the daughter of Kavēra, whose ornaments are the forests of paddy-fields, and where are found brilliant groves of arēca.² From this we may infer that this king who is called Avanisimha for the first time extended the Pallava territory as far as the delta of the Kaveri. In doing so he had to encounter the individual and united opposition of the southern powers who are referred in the Kaśākkuḍi plates,³ among the vanquished : the Kaḷabhra, Māḷava, Chola, Pāṇḍya and the Simhala proud of the strength of their arms.