The Colas c15.11

c15.11

Pāṇḍya and Ceylonese forces were defeated by the Cōḷa. One is a gift to commemorate the victory of Paluvēṭṭaraiyar Kaṇḍan Amudanār on the occasion when the Pāṇḍya king, helped by the Ceylonese army, attacked the Cōḷa king at the battle of Veḷḷūr.⁹ Another is an endowment for the merit of four soldiers (*sēvakar*) who died in a frontal attack (*nerriśenṟa*) led by Śennippēraraiyan at Vēḷūr (Veḷḷūr) on the occasion when the Pāṇḍyan and Ceylonese kings came and fought a deadly battle with the Cōḷa.¹⁰ It is clear that there was a great and decisive battle at Veḷḷūr in which the Cōḷa troops had to fight hard before securing victory and which was well remembered for some years after the event for the exceptional heroism of its incidents. It seems probable that this battle was fought about A.D. 915.