History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c14.26

c14.26

1926 by Pandit V. Gopala Aiyar states that Nandivarman won a great victory against his enemies at the battle of Teḷḷāṟu. In the light of the information obtained from his other stone inscriptions it becomes clear that this must be the battle referred to in the Vēlūrpāḷayam plates quoted above. It has already been mentioned that towards the close of Danti-vārman’s reign the Pāṇḍyan forces under Varaguṇa made considerable inroads into the Pallava empire and had reached as far north¹ into Toṇḍamaṇḍalam as Araiśūr on the banks of the Pennar. By the time that Nandivarman III ascended the throne the forces of the opposing Pāṇḍyan king must have reached near Teḷḷāṟu not very distant from the Pallava capital when the forces of Nandivarman III inflicted a crushing defeat on them. Teḷḷāṟu the site of the battle may be correctly identified with the village of Teḷḷāṟu in the Wandiwash Taluk of North Arcot District.