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in his campaign against Dwārasamudra. But, while
such a view is not wholly untenable, there being noth-
ing to the contrary in the available sources, it will not
be fair to question the conduct of the Yadava king by
suggesting that he betrayed a fellow-Hindu ruler to
avenge former wrongs on the part of the Hōysala. The
Yadava king was helpless when the Malik led his
incredibly strong army into Dēvagiri and demanded
help, not as an ally, but as a bully, on the point of the
sword. Dr. Venkataramanayya himself refers to the
fact of Malik Kafur having brought a "formidable
force" with superior weapons. Naturally the same fear
that later made Vira Ballāla meekly submit to the mis-
deeds of the Malik made Rāmadēva offer all the help
that the invader needed in his onward march against
Dwarasamudra and Ma'bar.
Malik Kafur raided Dwarasamudra when Vira
Ballāla III was absent at Ma'bar trying to capitalise the
situation that had arisen as a result of the quarrels
between Sundara Pandya and Vira Pandya. As
Dr. Venkataramanayya thinks, Vīra Ballāla must have
considered the outbreak of civil dissensions in the
Pandyan kingdom, "a favourable opportunity for re-
gaining what his uncle and grandfather had lost".
Malik Kafur entered Dwārasumudra in February
1311 after doing great havoc en route. Vira Ballala
who had to hurry back from the Tamil country did not
put forth any stout resistance to the Muslim invader
because he knew that his military strength was nothing
6. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Early Muslim Expansion in South
India: (M. U. Historical Series No. 17) Chap. on Alauddin Khilji. The
learned author has shown that the invasion of the Malik had no poli-
tical significance.
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in his campaign against Dwārasamudra. But, while
such a view is not wholly untenable, there being noth-
ing to the contrary in the available sources, it will not
be fair to question the conduct of the Yadava king by
suggesting that he betrayed a fellow-Hindu ruler to
avenge former wrongs on the part of the Hōysala. The
Yadava king was helpless when the Malik led his
incredibly strong army into Dēvagiri and demanded
help, not as an ally, but as a bully, on the point of the
sword. Dr. Venkataramanayya himself refers to the
fact of Malik Kafur having brought a "formidable
force" with superior weapons. Naturally the same fear
that later made Vira Ballāla meekly submit to the mis-
deeds of the Malik made Rāmadēva offer all the help
that the invader needed in his onward march against
Dwarasamudra and Ma'bar.
Malik Kafur raided Dwarasamudra when Vira
Ballāla III was absent at Ma'bar trying to capitalise the
situation that had arisen as a result of the quarrels
between Sundara Pandya and Vira Pandya. As
Dr. Venkataramanayya thinks, Vīra Ballāla must have
considered the outbreak of civil dissensions in the
Pandyan kingdom, "a favourable opportunity for re-
gaining what his uncle and grandfather had lost".
Malik Kafur entered Dwārasumudra in February
1311 after doing great havoc en route. Vira Ballala
who had to hurry back from the Tamil country did not
put forth any stout resistance to the Muslim invader
because he knew that his military strength was nothing
6. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Early Muslim Expansion in South
India: (M. U. Historical Series No. 17) Chap. on Alauddin Khilji. The
learned author has shown that the invasion of the Malik had no poli-
tical significance.