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the fights with the Aryans of the north of Karikāla (*Śila*., canto. 5, 11, 89-110) and of Senguṭṭuva (cantos 26-8); Dr. S. K. Aiyangār (*Augustan Age*) supposes that the southern kings helped the Sātavāhana ruler Gautamīputra Satakarni in repulsing the Sakas—but this assumption does not rest on much solid evidence and does not explain the references in the epics. It is also worth noting that the Peruṅdēvanār of the Śangam is an earlier poet different from the protege of Tellāṟerinda Nandipōta. See Venkayya in *A. R. E.*, 1907, pp. 51-2 and *Naṟṟiṇai* ed. Narayanaswami Aiyar, introduction, p. 54; *contra* K. V. S. Aiyar, *op. cit.*, pp. 94-5; and Dubreuil, *The Pallavas*, p. 80.