The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c10.13

c10.13

¹ I may note here that I am not following M. Dubreuil’s arrangement by which Varaguṇa is made the opponent of Nandi at Teḷḷāṟu *c.* 830 A.D. If the opponent of Nandi at Teḷḷāṟu was a Pāṇḍya, as perhaps he was (see Dubreuil, *The Pallavas*, pp. 79-80) then he must have been Śrīmāra. It may also be observed that Dubreuil seems to exaggerate the significance of Teḷḷāṟu when he writes that ‘this glorious campaign enabled him to reign peacefully not only at Kāñchī but also on the banks of the Kāvērī.’ The poetry of the *Nandikkalambakam* should not be mistaken for history. *Contra* Gopalan, *The Pallavas of Kāñchī*, p. 137.