[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c12.21 # War in Ancient India c12.21 War in Ancient India c12.21 - **Language:** English ### [c12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.21) The question now arises: what action did the State take in such cases? South Indian epigraphy records the incident of the ambassador of the great Choḷa monarch, Rājarāja (acc. A.D. 985) who was insulted by a confederacy of eighteen princes, in retaliation for which Rājarāja invaded Malaināḍu and killed those eighteen princes.¹¹ - [Previous: c12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.20) - [Next: c12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.22) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c12.21) · Pramāṇa