The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c14.17
The Pāṇḍyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c14.17
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c14.17
The inscriptions of the twentieth year repeat these facts in identical language and add some further particulars. The king of North Kongu came and complained to Sundara Pāndya of the wrongs done to him by his relatives; then, after some time, came also the king of South Kongu, accompanied by an army and prostrated himself before the Pāndya; Sundara kept both the chiefs as his guests for some time and then dismissed them after imposing his own terms on them and demanding portions of their territory to be ceded to him on pain of death. Then, the Chola monarch, forgetful of the duty of submission and gratitude he owed to Sundara Pāndya, raised the standard of revolt and refused the usual tribute;