The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c15.3

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¹ For the date of accession, see Kielhorn. *E.I.*, vol. viii. Also Swamik-kannu in *I.A.*, vol. xlii and Sewell in *I.A.*, vol. xliv. No. 141 of 1902 from Tiruvēndipuram gives the sixteenth year, but as the text is not available, it is not possible to say if it belongs to this king. A more serious difficulty is presented by No. 616 of 1902 from the Tanjore district which refers to the seventeenth year and has been referred to A.D. 1255, (i.e., to our king) by Messrs. Sewell and Swamikkannu Pillai. But this record like some others gives the title 'who conquered every country' (e.g. 402 of 1905, 358 of 1908, 446 of 1909, 582 of 1915). I am unable to accept this as belonging to Māravarman Sundara II *acc.* 1238, because (*a*) No. 462 of 1916 of the year 12 of Māravarman Sundara Pāndya 'who was pleased to take all countries' contains astronomical details which, according to Mr. Swamikkannu Pillai, do not suit any date between A.D. 1216 and 1315 and (*b*) Sewell has found the astronomical details in 616 of 1902 not quite regular (*I.A.*, vol. xliv, p. 192).