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MADHURAVIJAYAM
Rājanārāyaṇanallūr (named after the chief) free of
taxes as Gangāgamana Vritti or maintenance for hav-
ing gone to the Holy Ganges. This Mudaliar was very
much attached to Venrumaṇkondān and he consecrated
the shrine of Ekāmbranātha in Kuttiyam in the name
of his master and made large endowments to it.4
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The first few years of Rājanārāyaṇa's reign passed
off almost uneventfully, but for a heavy flood which
caused extensive damage to crops. This was in the
sixth year of his reign. The king adopted relief
measures one of which was the remission of the taxes
payable both in cash and in kind on lands whose crops
had suffered.
Rājanārāyana's relationship with Madhurai is
not known. There is no evidence of his having
come to any clash with the Sultanate. What
made both keep their mutual peace is a mystery.
What surprises us more is the fact that Rāja-
nārāyaṇa does not appear to have intervened during
the wars in the South. We are now alluding to the
great conflict between the Sultan and the Hoysala
ruler, Vira Ballala III which culminated in the most
tragic battle of Kannanūr Koppam. This was the last
4. A.R.E., 33 of 1933-34.
5. Cf. A.R.E., 410 of 1912; 230 of 1901. S.I.I., Vol. VII, No. 410
from Marudur refers to a peruvellam in the 6th year. No. 230 a 7th year
inscription, records that the king remitted taxes payable both in cash
and kind on land whose crops had suffered as such lands could not
be taken up for cultivation. This order was engraved on the walls
of the temples at Tiruvallam, Gudimallur and Kalavai.
6. The Madhura Sultanate lasted between 1323 and 1371. The
period between 1323 and 1334 was the period of the Delhi Viceroyalty
in Madhurai. Cf., Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Ma'bar, p. 42. The Sul-
tanate extended as far north as Chidambaram (roughly). Cf. Madhu-
rāvijayam which says that Vyāghrapuri had become the abode of tigers.
Rājanārāyaṇanallūr (named after the chief) free of
taxes as Gangāgamana Vritti or maintenance for hav-
ing gone to the Holy Ganges. This Mudaliar was very
much attached to Venrumaṇkondān and he consecrated
the shrine of Ekāmbranātha in Kuttiyam in the name
of his master and made large endowments to it.4
20
5
The first few years of Rājanārāyaṇa's reign passed
off almost uneventfully, but for a heavy flood which
caused extensive damage to crops. This was in the
sixth year of his reign. The king adopted relief
measures one of which was the remission of the taxes
payable both in cash and in kind on lands whose crops
had suffered.
Rājanārāyana's relationship with Madhurai is
not known. There is no evidence of his having
come to any clash with the Sultanate. What
made both keep their mutual peace is a mystery.
What surprises us more is the fact that Rāja-
nārāyaṇa does not appear to have intervened during
the wars in the South. We are now alluding to the
great conflict between the Sultan and the Hoysala
ruler, Vira Ballala III which culminated in the most
tragic battle of Kannanūr Koppam. This was the last
4. A.R.E., 33 of 1933-34.
5. Cf. A.R.E., 410 of 1912; 230 of 1901. S.I.I., Vol. VII, No. 410
from Marudur refers to a peruvellam in the 6th year. No. 230 a 7th year
inscription, records that the king remitted taxes payable both in cash
and kind on land whose crops had suffered as such lands could not
be taken up for cultivation. This order was engraved on the walls
of the temples at Tiruvallam, Gudimallur and Kalavai.
6. The Madhura Sultanate lasted between 1323 and 1371. The
period between 1323 and 1334 was the period of the Delhi Viceroyalty
in Madhurai. Cf., Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Ma'bar, p. 42. The Sul-
tanate extended as far north as Chidambaram (roughly). Cf. Madhu-
rāvijayam which says that Vyāghrapuri had become the abode of tigers.