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INTRODUCTION
Kantakānana (Mulbāgal-or-Mul Vai). He spent some
days in that city biding his time to march against the
Sambuvaraya ruler. 24 Starting on an auspicious day,
he reached the enemy country by stages. He first halted
at Virinçipuram for sometime and when the hour for
striking arrived, he dashed on the Sambuvarāya capital,
Känçi, and laid siege to it. A fierce battle followed
between the Vijayanagar forces and the 'dramila'
forces. The dramila forces were put to rout by the
superior forces of Vijayanagar. "A large number of
the Tamil soldiers threw away their weapons in their
flight." The Sambuvarāya himself ran away to his
Padaividu fortress and took refuge in it. Kampaņa and
his forces stayed at Kānçi for sometime, perhaps to pre-
pare themselves for the final attack. Then they started
to attack the impregnable Räjagambhiranmalai. They
succeeded in scaling the walls of the fort and reached
the heights of the hill. The entire forces of the
Sambuvaraya on the hill were blocked up and they
suffered seriously at the hands of the Vijayanagar
troops. The inscriptions credit Maraya Nayaka with
having destroyed the formidable enemy (Aliyā Aran)
while the Madhurāvijayam refers to a duel fought
between Kampaṇa and the Sambuvarāya in which the
latter lost his life.25
After the destruction of the Sambuvarāya, the
whole of Tondaimandalam was annexed to the Mulba-
gal Viceroyalty of Vijayanagar. Kānçi became the
secondary capital for the Mulbagal Governor. The
Madhurāvijayam concludes the account of the Vijaya-
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24. Ibid.
25. A.R.E., 255 of 1934-35 also 267 of 1919,
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Kantakānana (Mulbāgal-or-Mul Vai). He spent some
days in that city biding his time to march against the
Sambuvaraya ruler. 24 Starting on an auspicious day,
he reached the enemy country by stages. He first halted
at Virinçipuram for sometime and when the hour for
striking arrived, he dashed on the Sambuvarāya capital,
Känçi, and laid siege to it. A fierce battle followed
between the Vijayanagar forces and the 'dramila'
forces. The dramila forces were put to rout by the
superior forces of Vijayanagar. "A large number of
the Tamil soldiers threw away their weapons in their
flight." The Sambuvarāya himself ran away to his
Padaividu fortress and took refuge in it. Kampaņa and
his forces stayed at Kānçi for sometime, perhaps to pre-
pare themselves for the final attack. Then they started
to attack the impregnable Räjagambhiranmalai. They
succeeded in scaling the walls of the fort and reached
the heights of the hill. The entire forces of the
Sambuvaraya on the hill were blocked up and they
suffered seriously at the hands of the Vijayanagar
troops. The inscriptions credit Maraya Nayaka with
having destroyed the formidable enemy (Aliyā Aran)
while the Madhurāvijayam refers to a duel fought
between Kampaṇa and the Sambuvarāya in which the
latter lost his life.25
After the destruction of the Sambuvarāya, the
whole of Tondaimandalam was annexed to the Mulba-
gal Viceroyalty of Vijayanagar. Kānçi became the
secondary capital for the Mulbagal Governor. The
Madhurāvijayam concludes the account of the Vijaya-
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24. Ibid.
25. A.R.E., 255 of 1934-35 also 267 of 1919,
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