The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.s3.10

v1.c31.s3.10

About the beginning of the Christian era the Chōḷa king was Peru-naṟ-kiḷḷi and the Chēra Neḍuñ-jēral-ādan. They went to war with one another, and both perished in the same battle. Peru-naṟ-kiḷḷi was succeeded by his son Iḷañ-jēṭ-cenni, the latter by his son Karikāl, a vigorous ruler under whom the Chōḷas became the leading power of the south. Karikāl at Veṇṇil (possibly the modern Koyilvenni, in Tanjore District) defeated an allied army of Chēras under Ādan I and Pāṇḍyas, and made a successful expedition to the north. At home he suppressed the turbulent Āyar, Aravāḷar, Kurumbar, and Oḷiyar, and made his capital at Kāviri-paṭṭinam or Pugār, which he secured against floods by raising the banks of the Cauvery and constructing canals.