The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c10.21

c10.21

The reign of Śrīmāra Śrīvallabha then appears to have been a mixed record of success and failure. The advent of an impostor to the throne, apparently aided in his rebellion by the Ceylonese troops, and the two defeats at Tellāru and the Aricit at the hands of the Pallavas are evidence that the empire has begun to strain the resources of the Pāndya country; and the operations at Viliñam may perhaps be accepted as proof that the conquered lands are not settled on a permanent basis and may assert their independence at the earliest opportunity. But there is no reason to doubt that Śrīmāra was a strong ruler who found it possible in the midst of so much trouble to maintain his power intact and hand it down at his death to his elder son Varaguṇavarman whose accession can be placed definitely in A.D. 862.