A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c15.13

c15.13

The alliance between Rājendra and Someśvara became closer after the accession to the Pāndya throne of the celebrated Jaṭāvarman Sundara Pāndya in 1251, one of the most famous warriors and conquerors of South India under whom Pāndyan power attained its greatest splendour. In the first years of his reign Sundara Pāndya fought many wars and rapidly extended his sway to Nellore and beyond, and to Ceylon, confining the Hoysalas to the Mysore plateau. Kānchipuram became a secondary Pāndya capital, while Ceylon and Kerala were firmly held and administered for a time. In his wars, Sundara commanded the active co-operation of other princes of the royal family, Jatāvarman Vira Pāndya (1253) being most prominent among them.