A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c12.30

c12.30

The last Chera prince mentioned in the extant portions of the ‘Ten Tens’ is Kuḍakko Iḷanjēral Irumporai (c. A.D. 190), a cousin of the victor of Tagaḍūr. He is said to have fought a battle against ‘the two big kings’ (Pāndya and Chola) and Vicci, to have captured five stone fortresses, to have defeated the big Chola who ruled at Potti and the young Paḷaiyan Māran, and to have brought to the ancient city of Vanji much booty from these campaigns.