The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c10.26

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¹ See A.R.E., 1906, pp. 47-8. I am unable to follow Mr. Gopinatha Rao in his statement: 'It is known from other records that Āditya and the Pāṇdya King Varaguṇa marched against the Pallava, Nṛpatunga-Varman, otherwise known also by the name of Aparājita Varman, defeated and killed him.' (E.I., vol. xv, p. 49.) But see Dubreuil, The Pallavas, pp. 83-4. I believe inscription No. 337 of 1912 does not mean that the Cholas were the friends of Varaguṇa. The appearance of the Cholas among the opponents of Śrīmāra at Kuḍamūkku and the expedition against Iḍavai strongly support the view that the Cholas were the friends of the Pallavas and the foes of the Pāṇdyas till the battle of Śrī Purambiyam. Again, as Dubreuil points out, if Aparājita is only a pseudonym of Nṛpatunga, there would be only one battle, that of Śrī Purambiyam. Then we shall have to assume that at this battle Aparājita was beaten by Āditya as mentioned in the Tiruvālaṅgāḍu plates of Rājendra; but this is contradicted by the Udayēndiram