History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c7.s1.64

c7.s1.64

We learn from Tamil literature that he defeated his Chera enemy at a place called Kaḷumalam, took his enemy prisoner and confined him at a place called Kuḍavāyil-koṭṭam variously identified with Koḍavāśal and places in the Cochin State. Śengaṇṇan’s sway must have extended throughout Toṇḍamaṇḍalam. The *Kaḷavaḷi-Nāṛpadu*, a poem celebrating the powers of this king as a warrior, gives a picturesque account of the battle of Kaḷumalam and early Tamil modes of warfare. The age of Śengaṇṇan may be ascertained if we know the correct date of Poygaiyār who was his contemporary. According to certain scholars Poygaiyār is identical with Poygai-Āḷvār the Vaishṇava saint whose age is that of the third Śangam or somewhere near it. According to others Poygaiyār is assignable to the sixth or the seventh centuries A.D. This latter date is impossible if we bear in mind that Śengaṇṇan is mentioned already in the seventh century A.D.