A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c15.5

c15.5

Jatāvarman Kulasekhara, the Pāndya ruler whom Kulottunga III humiliated in a signal manner in 1205, was followed on the throne, more than ten years later, by his younger brother, Māravarman Sundara Pāndya (1216). Sundara wanted to avenge the wrongs he had shared with his brother and invaded the Chola territory soon after his accession. Kulottunga's age and the swiftness of the attack rendered Chola resistance feeble. After sacking Uraiyūr and Tanjore, Sundara Pāndya drove his suzerain into exile along with his yuvarāja, Rājarāja III. Sundara performed a vīrābhisheka in the coronation hall of the Cholas at Āyirattali, Tanjore district, and marched up to Chidambaram where he worshipped at the famous shrine of Naṭarāja. On his way back he fixed his camp at Pon Amarāvati (Pudukkoṭṭai). Meanwhile Kulottunga had appealed for aid to Hoysala Ballāla II who promptly sent an army