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Pallivēlān's son, Parāntaka-Ppallivēlān is stated to have served in the campaign at Idavai. The latter's son, Andavēļān Kurumbar-Adittap Pulla-Nakkan served Maharājar Ko-ch ChadaiyaMärar. He was associated with the king in the campaigns at Viliñam, Idavai and Tirukkudamükku. Pulla-Nakkan's son was Pallivēļān Nakkam-Pullaŋ whose activities are then described in greater detail. In this connection are mentioned Simhalarāja, Sälagräma, a Varaguna-mahărāja who is described to have killed a huge elephant whose name appears to be Ayirāvanam and lastly Sennilam. Pallivēļān Nakkam-Puļļan is stated to have led nineteen elephants to the battle field at the last mentioned place. Unfortunately the portion of the inscription describing the events connected with these places and persons is so damaged that it is difficult to make out an accurate picture of the events. The record then recounts how the king honoured Nakkam-Pullan highly by bestowing on him gifts for his services and conferring on him the title Kumaran. Then Nakkam-Pullan and his son are stated to have made a gift of land to a person whose name ends with Tirumalai. The wording of the concluding part which again is badly damaged, seems to be couched somewhat on the same lines as the Rāmaltāthapuram epigraph and probably contained the details of the extent of land granted to the donee.
To begin with the donor of the Perumbulli inscription and his son, it will be apparent that Pallivēļā Nakkam-Pulsan served with distinction Varaguņa-mahārāja. Leaving for a later discussion the services rendered by this chief to the king, we may attempt to establish the identity of this Varaguņa-mahärāja. Nakkam-Pullan's father, Andavēļān Kurumbar-Adittan PullaNakkan served under Ko-Chchadaiya-Mäsar. If the kings Ko-Chchadaiya-Māçar and Varaguna mahārāja were related as father and son, as they indeed appear to, then Sadaiya-Mārar may be identified with Srimāra Srivallabha who, according to the Sinnamanur Plates of Rājasimha' was the father of Varaguna II. The fact that the Viliñam and Kudamukku campaigns of Srimāra Srivallabba mentioned in this charter and those of Pulla-Nakkan in which he is said to have served Sadaiya-Mäfar in the Perumbulli record are identical establishes the identity suggested above. The Perumbulli inscription mentions, in addition, another campaign, namely that of Idavai. The Sinnamanur plates, it may be noted, do not mention this campaign.
The predecessor of Andavēļāp was Parāntaka-Ppallivēļān. The Perumbulli inscription mentions him merely by his title while the Rāmanāthapuram record gives, in addition, his name as Nakkam-Pullan. The former epigraph refers to his expedition to Idavai while the latter specifies that he accompanied king Mārañ-Jadaiyan on an expedition to Idavai in the Chõļa country, obviously the same as the Idavai of the Perumbulli inscription. The Idavai campaign of NakkamPullan alias Parāntaka-Ppallivēļān with Māsan-Jadaiyan was in all probability different from that of his son Pulla-Nakkan with Sadaiya-Mājan. Marañ-Jadaiyan, the overlord of ParantakaPpallivēlān Nakkam-Pallan may easily be identified with Varaguna (I), the father and predecessor of Srimāra-Srivallabha, the grandfather of Varaguna II and Parāntaka Viranārāyana Sadaiyan all of whom are mentioned in the Larger Sinnamanur plates.'
Parāntaka-Ppallivēļān's father is referred to merely as Palļivēļāņ. This was perhaps only his title similar to that of his son or grandson. Probably his name was Pulla-Nakkan, judging from that of his grandson. Pallivēļān is associated with the name of Kulumbur but the details
This probably indicates the number of the conventional divisions of a regiment in the army.
A certain Apdanttu-vēlán figures in four inscriptions of Mārað-Jadaiyan alias Varaguna-Mahārāja from Lalgudi (above, Vol. XX, p. 52), Tiruvollarai (A. R. Ep., No. 84 of 1910), Tiruchirappalli (A. R. Ep., No. 413 of 1914) and Javantināthapuram (above, Vol. XXVIII, p. 42) respectively, all of which are dated in the same year vix. 4+9th year of the Pandya king. Obviously the vēlan who figures in all these records in the same capacity must be one and the same person. But whether he is identical with Andavēlān Kurumbar-Adittan Pulla. Nakkan of the Perumbulli record is not certain.
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