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³ This is discussed in A.R.E., 1923, part ii, para 51. Mr L. D. Swamikkannu's attempts to prove a longer regnal period for this king I.A., vol. xlii and Ephemeris. Vol. I, part ii, p. 91 cannot be held convincing. Also A.R.E., 1916, App. G. In the Pudukottah inscriptions, Nos. 330 to 337 which give high regnal years ranging from eight to twenty-six certainly belong to the earlier king. Most of these contain references to Kandan Aludaiyān *alias* Kalvāyil Nādalvān, who is also referred to in No. 246 of the third year of the earlier king as also in No. 269 of the eighth year of Māravarman Sundara Pāndya I. This Aludaiyān gets dates from A.D. 1193 to 1224 roughly. It is very unlikely that he survived up to the twenty-sixth year of Jatāvarman Kulaśēkhara II, which would fall about A.D. 1264. The astronomical details in 330 are said to yield A.D. 1245; but, very likely, there are other solutions.