A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c12.10
A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c12.10
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c12.10
The land was divided among the three ‘crowned kings’ of the Chera, Chola and Pāndya lines, and a number of minor chieftains who according to the political conditions of the time either owned allegiance to or fought for one or other of these monarchs, or else led an independent existence. Seven of these chieftains gained particular recognition from the poets for their liberal patronage of literature and the arts and were described as *vallals* (patrons).