The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.163.3

v3.c29.163.3

According to a full *prasasti* which details the deeds of this great Pāṇḍya, he began by an invasion of the Travancore country and, having compelled the Chera ruler to submit, marched into the Chola country. There he defeated a number of Sōmēsvara's generals, and took Sēndamangalam. He expelled from Kānchī the Telugu Choda chieftains and was anointed there. He then invaded the territory of the Telugu Chodas themselves, defeated and killed in battle Gandagopala of Nellore, and placed one of his brothers, who submitted, on the throne instead, thus carrying the war to the frontier of the Kākātīya territory, whence he turned back towards his capital. On the return journey we find him in occupation of the Hoysala capital, Vikramapura, in 1264–65, and it was either in this year, or the end of the previous one, that he defeated and slew Sōmēsvara in battle and brought this victorious campaign to a close by magnificent gifts to the great temple of Srīrangam, which according to this record had suffered at the hands of the Hoysalas. The Hoysala Sōmēsvara is said to have built the front *gopura* of the Siva temple at Jambukēsvaram. He was probably an ardent Saiva and had neglected the Vishnu temple at Srīrangam. That is what is hinted at in the first verse of the elaborate Sundara Pāndya inscription at Srīrangam.