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MADHURAVIJAYAM
Perhaps Venrumaṇkondān was a son of Vira Champa,
whom he and his son Rājanārāyaṇa might have ad-
dressed as Anna (father). An inscription of Rājanā-
rāyaṇa refers to the former addressing Mallinātha as
Annachiyar.12
16
14
Venrumankondān's reign began in 1322, and the
first two years of his reign seem to have gone on un-
eventfully. But we do not hear of him from his third
to his fourteenth regnal year i.e., 1335-36. The cause
of this interregnum is not far to seek. In 1323 the
Muslims had occupied the southern part of the Tamil
country and the horrors of the Muslim invasion had
spread into the entire Tondaimandalam region also. A
fourteenth year inscription of Venrumaņkondan refers
to the havoc wrought by the Muslims in the region.¹4
Many inscriptions belonging to Rājanārāyaṇa also refer
to the dislocation caused to normal life in the territory
as a result of the Muslim occupation. 15 Therefore, as
Dr. Venkataramanayya has pointed out, "the extreme
rarity, if not the total absence of Hindu inscriptions
that are assignable to the interval between 1324 and
1335 seems to indicate that the Hindu political life was
in a state of suspended animation and that the country
was passing through a period of great distress."16
We do not know the exact nature of the Muslim
occupation in the Tondaimandalam region. The fact
It is likely that Venrumankondan destroyed the Kakatiya rule in
Kanci and in memory of the victory took the title of Venrumaņkondan.
12. Cf. A.R.E., 33 of 1933-34-(page 36 of 1933-34).
13. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Ma'bar (J.M.U.), pp. 43-54.
14. Cf. A.R.E., 434 of 1903-S.I.I. Vol. III.
15. Cf. A.R.E., No. 203 of 1912.
16 Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Ma'bar, p. 43.
Perhaps Venrumaṇkondān was a son of Vira Champa,
whom he and his son Rājanārāyaṇa might have ad-
dressed as Anna (father). An inscription of Rājanā-
rāyaṇa refers to the former addressing Mallinātha as
Annachiyar.12
16
14
Venrumankondān's reign began in 1322, and the
first two years of his reign seem to have gone on un-
eventfully. But we do not hear of him from his third
to his fourteenth regnal year i.e., 1335-36. The cause
of this interregnum is not far to seek. In 1323 the
Muslims had occupied the southern part of the Tamil
country and the horrors of the Muslim invasion had
spread into the entire Tondaimandalam region also. A
fourteenth year inscription of Venrumaņkondan refers
to the havoc wrought by the Muslims in the region.¹4
Many inscriptions belonging to Rājanārāyaṇa also refer
to the dislocation caused to normal life in the territory
as a result of the Muslim occupation. 15 Therefore, as
Dr. Venkataramanayya has pointed out, "the extreme
rarity, if not the total absence of Hindu inscriptions
that are assignable to the interval between 1324 and
1335 seems to indicate that the Hindu political life was
in a state of suspended animation and that the country
was passing through a period of great distress."16
We do not know the exact nature of the Muslim
occupation in the Tondaimandalam region. The fact
It is likely that Venrumankondan destroyed the Kakatiya rule in
Kanci and in memory of the victory took the title of Venrumaņkondan.
12. Cf. A.R.E., 33 of 1933-34-(page 36 of 1933-34).
13. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Ma'bar (J.M.U.), pp. 43-54.
14. Cf. A.R.E., 434 of 1903-S.I.I. Vol. III.
15. Cf. A.R.E., No. 203 of 1912.
16 Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Ma'bar, p. 43.