A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c15.9

c15.9

Hearing of the disasters that had befallen the Chola monarch, Narasimha II promptly moved to his aid. He attacked and overpowered the ruler of the Magara kingdom (Salem and South Arcot), an ally of the Kādava, and marched towards Śrīrangam. From there he sent an army under his generals Appanna and Goppayya with instructions to carry destruction into the country of Kōpperunjinga and to reinstall the Chola emperor. The generals carried out their instructions to the letter. They captured many important places held by Kōpperunjinga and, after a battle at Perambalūr, advanced by way of Toḷudūr to Chidambaram, punishing on the way some officers of Rājarāja and Parākramabāhu, a prince of Ceylon, who had joined the enemy. After worshipping the god of Chidambaram, they devastated the country south of the river Gaḍilam and east of Śēndamangalam. Finally they made preparations to invest that fortress when Kōpperunjinga sent word to Narasimha that he was ready to restore the Chola emperor to liberty and his throne, and Narasimha transmitted the offer to his commanders. They then received the Chola emperor with honour and accompanied him back to his country (1231).