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² Mr. L. D. Swamikkannu Pillai first discovered the possibility of their existence and Mr. Sewell after a careful examination of his data wanted further evidence before the existence of these kings could be taken as proved. (I.A., vols. xlii and xliv) Mr. Swamikkannu Pillai also postulated a Sundara Pāndya (Jatāvarman) with accession date in A.D. 1270 (I.A., vol. xlii), but subsequently gave him up (List of Pudukkottai Inscriptions, p. 66 n). The Indian Ephemeris, however, introduces a Māravarman Sundara Pāndya acc. A.D. 1270 (vol. i, part ii, p. 101). These instances show how difficult the chronology of these kings still continues to be.