The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c15.s2.t4.57.2

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But curiously enough an epigraph at Akkāreḍḍipalli in the Badvel tāluk of the Cuddapah district dated Ś. 1205 Svabhānu (A.D. 1283) refers to Gaṇḍapeṇḍēra Tripurāridēva Mahārāja as the ruling monarch and records the construction of a temple of Śiva by Gaurēśvarabāyammaṅgāru for the worship of Gōśriṅgēśvara enshrined therein.⁵ His relationship with Ambadēva and the circumstances in which he came to ‘rule the earth’ in the middle of Ambadēva’s reign are not easy to understand. The Government epigraphist is inclined to believe that he was identical with Ambadēva’s elder brother, though it is equally possible that he may have been his son and successor Tripurāri II.⁶ It may also be noted here that about this time Ambadēva lost the Ēruva country which he had to reconquer a few years later. He very probably came into conflict with the Pāṇḍyas and was defeated by them, as a consequence of which disorders broke out in his dominions and he temporarily lost control over the government. However that may be, it is certain that Ambadēva gathered his forces together and attacked the Pāṇḍyas in A.D. 1286, and that he inflicted a defeat on Māravarman Kulaśēkhara who had come to oppose him at the head of a powerful army, as a consequence of which the elephants and horses and all the equipment in the Pāṇḍyan camp fell into his hands.⁷ The Pāṇḍyas then appear to have retired from the Kāyastha territory, leaving Ambadēva free to deal with his other enemies.