History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c12.3

c12.3

*The Chālukya-Pallava Relations.*—It has already been seen that in about the middle and closing years of his father, Pulakēśin II advanced as far as the city of Kāñchī, forcing ‘the lord of the Pallavas to retreat behind the walls of Kāñchīpuram.’¹ The Kūram plates ² belonging to the reign of Paramēśvaravarman I mention the important fact that Narasimhavarman I inflicted a crushing defeat on Puḷakēśin, in the battles of Pariyaḷa, Maṇimangala and Śūramāra. The exact locality corresponding to these places cannot, at this distance of time, be made out except in the case of Maṇimangala which may be safely identified with the modern village of Maṇimangalam, situated at a distance of only twenty miles from Kāñchī. This reference in the Kūram plates indicates another Chālukya invasion early in Narasimhavarman’s reign on which occasion the Chālukya army would appear to have advanced very near the Pallava capital itself before it sustained the defeat mentioned in the record.