History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c7.s1.60

c7.s1.60

According to the account of *Maṇimēkhalai*, the Chōḷa King Veḷvēṛkiḷḷi, who is probably one of the Kiḷḷis enumerated above, married a Nāga princess called Pilivaḷai, the daughter of Vaḷai-Vaṇan, and became the father of the prince known afterwards as Toṇḍamān-Iḷam-Tiraiyan whom certain scholars look upon as the ancestor of the Pallavas of Kāñchī. This account although it seems to set up a connection between the Chōḷas and the Pallavas has not been corroborated by the evidence of the Pallava charters.