A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c12.24

c12.24

Aṇḍiran seems to have been a man of peace; while the excellence of his country and his liberality form the theme of a large number of poems, there is only one casual reference to his success in the battle-field when he is said to have once pursued the Kongar to the western sea. On his death, the poet says, Aṇḍiran was welcomed in the abode of the gods and the drum in Indra’s palace reverberated at his arrival.