The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c14.38

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¹ Some of these records may be noted here;—one record from Srirangam in the ninth year (No. 53 of 1892-S.I.I. Texts, vol. iv, No. 500) which refers to a reform in the temple affairs; No. 52 of 1897 in the seventh year from Tirukkāttupalli recording the building of a shrine to the Goddess (E.I., vol. vi, p. 304) and No. 270 of 1901 from Kōviladi (Tanjore Taluq) may, among others, be surely ascribed to our king as they all refer to his conquest or restoration of the Chola country. I doubt if records like 41 and 561 of 1921 from Big Kānchipuram and Sūlamangalam (respectively) which do not contain any specific reference to the conquest of the Chola among the titles of the king may, on grounds of astronomy alone, be ascribed to this king as has been done. A. R. E., 1926 contains a discussion of this king’s reign which may be briefly noticed here. The epigraphist is surely wrong in saying that the anointment at Mudikondaśōlapuram is mentioned only in the records of the fourteenth year and afterwards (see inscription of the seventh year summarized earlier in this chapter). He says that some historical introductions of this king refer to conquests of the two Kongus, Ilam and Karuvūr. The only instances seem to be No. 9 of 1926 and No. 72 of 1924 which cause a difficulty by