The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.s3.11

v1.c31.s3.11

After his death the Chōḷa kingdom suffered grievously from rebellion within and attack from without. The course of events is obscure; apparently Neḍu-muḍu-kiḷḷi, who was reigning some time after him, gained a victory over the allied Chēras and Pāṇḍyas by the river Kāri, but later was reduced to sore straits by a flood which destroyed Kāviri-paṭṭinam and by an insurrection. He was however released from his difficulties by the aid of his kinsman the Chēra Çeṅ-guṭṭuvan, the son of Ādan II by a daughter of Karikāl, who defeated the rebellious Chōḷas at Nēri-vāyil and restored Neḍu-muḍu-kiḷḷi. By Çeṅ-guṭṭuvan the Chēra kingdom was raised to the hegemony of the south, and this position it maintained as long as he lived. The defeat of his successor Çēy (Yānai-kat-çēy) at Talaiy-ālaṅgānam by the Pāṇḍya king Neḍuñ-jeḷiyan II made the Pāṇḍyas the premier power until the rise of the Pallavas. Neḍuñ-jeḷiyan II was the son of Verri-vēr-çeḷiyan or Iḷañ-jeḷiyan, and grandson of Neḍuñ-jeḷiyan I, who is reputed to have defeated an Āryan army of unknown provenance.