History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c14.28

c14.28

*Other Battles.*—This victory against the Pāṇḍyans gave him the title by which his inscriptions thereafter mention him, namely, Teḷḷāṟerinda Nandipōtarayar. The Tamil panegyric in addition to the battle of Teḷḷāṟu² also refers to the other victories of Nandivarman such as those of Paḷayāṟu,³ Veḷḷāṟu,⁴ Naḷḷāṟu,⁵ and Kurugōḍu.⁶ This series of further campaigns were evidently directed against the Pāṇḍyas themselves whom the Pallava king apparently pursued as they were retreating and inflicted defeats at Veḷḷāṟu, Paḷayāṟu, etc., One of the stanzas in the poem says that the Pallava army advanced as far as the banks of the Vaigai.⁷ If this is correct we may presume that Nandivarman III marched as far as the Pāṇḍyan capital and defeated the Pāṇḍyas thoroughly.