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tion. This time he was evidently successful in his enterprise, since a large part of Toṇḍaimaṇḍalam, including perhaps Kāñchī, the capital of the district, seems to have passed into his hands, and some of the local chieftains, such as the Śambuvarāya of Paḍaivīḍu and the Yādavarāya of Chandragiri, probably tendered their allegiance. Pedda Rudra, however, defeated Ballāḷa III and his feudatories, took possession of the territory recently conquered by Ballāḷa, and conciliated at the same time the Śambuvarāya by reinstating him in his hereditary dominion. He next proceeded to Kāñchī and occupied that city without much opposition.¹