The Colas c15.4

c15.4

Parāntaka invaded the Pāṇḍya country very soon after his accession. He bears the title *Maduraikoṇḍa* (who captured Madura) as early as his third year.⁴ The conquest and subjugation of the Pāṇḍyan kingdom was, however, a gradual process; the earliest inscription of Parāntaka actually found in the Pāṇḍyan country is dated in his 24th year.⁵ The Śinnamanūr and the Udayēndiram plates concur in the name of the Pāṇḍya king, Rājasimha, who suffered deprivation and exile at the hands of Parāntaka. Says the *Mahāvaṃsa*:⁶