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INTRODUCTION
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taken his kingdom from the Muslims. This was based
on the incorrect supposition that no inscriptions of his,
dated earlier than his fourteenth year, are available.
But there is a second year inscription dated 1323-
24 A.D., which contains the title Venrumaņkondān.¹⁰
Again there is no break between the periods of Vira
Champa and Venrumaņkondān. Even assuming that
Vira Champa ruled for eighteen years, as per an
inscription of his, from 1304, which was the last year
of Kulasēkhara, we get 1322-23 as the last regnal year
for Vira Champa and the first for his successor. This
is borne out by the data in Venrumankondān's inscrip-
tions.
The only explanation for the title seems to be that
Venrumaņkondan captured Kanci from the Kakatiya
general Muppidi Nāyaka, who was in occupation of the
city, having taken it from the Kerala conqueror Ravi-
varman, till about the accession of Venrumankondān.¹¹
9. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Early Muslim Expansion in South
India. 202, "No traces of his (Venrumankonda's) rule are found in
any part of the country before his 14th regnal." Ibid., p. 203. It may
be reasonably assumed that Ekambaranātha Sambuvaraya reconquered
the country from the Mussalmans.
10. Cf. A.R.E., 206 of 1929-30. The exact date of this inscrip-
tion is 1323-June, 13.
11. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: The Early Muslim Expansion in
South India, p. 90. The departure of Ravivarman Kulasēkhara did not
however, release the Pandyan dominion from foreign domination.
New invaders soon made their appearance, this time from Telungana.
The Kakatiya King, Prataparudra, sent a large army in 1317. A.D., to
harry the country, and his general Muppidi Nayaka led the Telugu
army victoriously up to the Käveri, defeated the Pança Pandyas in
a battle near Känci, and installed a Telugu governor in the city.
Also Prof. K. A. N. Sastri: Pandyan Kingdom, p. 213. This ex-
pedition of the Kakatiya general seems therefore to have brought the
northern part of the Pandyan Empire for a time under the control,
more or less effective, of the Telugu rulers of Warrangal.
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taken his kingdom from the Muslims. This was based
on the incorrect supposition that no inscriptions of his,
dated earlier than his fourteenth year, are available.
But there is a second year inscription dated 1323-
24 A.D., which contains the title Venrumaņkondān.¹⁰
Again there is no break between the periods of Vira
Champa and Venrumaņkondān. Even assuming that
Vira Champa ruled for eighteen years, as per an
inscription of his, from 1304, which was the last year
of Kulasēkhara, we get 1322-23 as the last regnal year
for Vira Champa and the first for his successor. This
is borne out by the data in Venrumankondān's inscrip-
tions.
The only explanation for the title seems to be that
Venrumaņkondan captured Kanci from the Kakatiya
general Muppidi Nāyaka, who was in occupation of the
city, having taken it from the Kerala conqueror Ravi-
varman, till about the accession of Venrumankondān.¹¹
9. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Early Muslim Expansion in South
India. 202, "No traces of his (Venrumankonda's) rule are found in
any part of the country before his 14th regnal." Ibid., p. 203. It may
be reasonably assumed that Ekambaranātha Sambuvaraya reconquered
the country from the Mussalmans.
10. Cf. A.R.E., 206 of 1929-30. The exact date of this inscrip-
tion is 1323-June, 13.
11. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: The Early Muslim Expansion in
South India, p. 90. The departure of Ravivarman Kulasēkhara did not
however, release the Pandyan dominion from foreign domination.
New invaders soon made their appearance, this time from Telungana.
The Kakatiya King, Prataparudra, sent a large army in 1317. A.D., to
harry the country, and his general Muppidi Nayaka led the Telugu
army victoriously up to the Käveri, defeated the Pança Pandyas in
a battle near Känci, and installed a Telugu governor in the city.
Also Prof. K. A. N. Sastri: Pandyan Kingdom, p. 213. This ex-
pedition of the Kakatiya general seems therefore to have brought the
northern part of the Pandyan Empire for a time under the control,
more or less effective, of the Telugu rulers of Warrangal.
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