The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c9.6.1

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Arikēsari's achievements. (3) Among the achievements of the grandson of the present king, the Vēḷvikkuḍi grant refers to a success against Pallavamalla and a fight at Maṇṇaikkuḍi in which the Pāṇdyan forces were victorious; there is also a battle of Maṇṇaikkuḍi mentioned among the campaigns of Udayacandra in which he is said to have beaten the Pāṇdyan forces (S.I.I., vol. ii, p. 368, l. 60). This makes it probable that Udayacandra was the contemporary of that king rather than the present one. (4) The Madras Museum plates ascribe to the father of Jaṭilavarman, who was a Māṛavarman, the surname Pallavabhañjana. It is now generally accepted, pace Mr. Venkayya, that the Madras Museum plates and the Vēḷvikkuḍi grant belong to the same reign. Now the name Pallavabhañjana assumed by the Pāṇdyan king in an age of constant warfare between the Pāṇdyas and the Pallavas may well be taken to indicate some signal successes on the part of the ruler who assumed the name. And, from the Udayēndiram plates referred to above, we know that Udayacandra went to the aid of his master when he was hard pressed by the Tamil kings so much that he is said to have bestowed the whole kingdom ' many times ' on his Pallava master (S.I.I., vol. ii, p. 372). This again renders it very probable that Udayacandra was the contemporary of Jaṭilavarman's father and not of an earlier king.