The Colas c11.30

c11.30

Neḍungiḷḷi, the opponent of Nalangiḷḷi in the civil war, is addressed in two poems by Kōvūr-Kiḻār, the author of the exhortation addressed to both of them to cease from their strife. These poems add a little to our knowledge of the occurrences in the war. One of them mentions that Neḍungiḷḷi was once shut up in Āvūr which, like Uṟaiyūr, was beset by the forces of Nalangiḷḷi. The poem gives a graphic description of the effects of the siege:⁴⁷