History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c13.53

c13.53

Udayachandra’s Exploits.—Udayachandra is described in the record as the lord of the River Vēgavati, and of the city Vilvala,³ the ornament of the whole world. Born of the race of Pūchan, which had been in the uninterrupted hereditary service of the Pallava race . . . ‘when he perceived that Pallavamalla was besieged in Nandipura by the Dramiḷa princes, unable to bear this, like the visible death of the crowd of enemies of Pallavamalla, (he) slew with (his) sharp sword which glittered like a petal of water-lily, the Pallava king Chitramāya and others; he defeated the hostile army on the battle-fields of Nimbavana Chūtavana, Śankaragrāma, Nellūr, Nelvēli, Śūravaḷundur, and so forth, and thus bestowed the whole kingdom many times on the Pallava. . . . He split the opposing Śabara king called Udayana, in the terrible battle of Nelvēli, which could hardly be entered by a common man, and seized his mirror banner made of a peacock's tail; who in the northern region also, pursued the Nishada chief, called Prithivi-Vyāgra who desiring to become very powerful was running after the horse of the Asvamēdha, defeated him and ordered him out of the district of Vishṇurāja, which he subjected to the Pallava, and seized faultless pearl necklaces of excellent lustre, an immeasurable heap of gold, and elephants; and he destroyed the fort of Kāḷidurga, which was protected by the Goddess Kāḷi, and defeated the Pāṇḍya army at the village of Maṇṇaikuḍi.’ ¹