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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(August, 1915
KING.
Date of Bocession.
Last known
date.
Date of possible appointment of
Sub-king.
(1) 1268
1
Jazây: Vira ... ... ...
1253
1269 (Possibly) Marav: Srivallabha. (1) 1257 (?). 1292
(Here probably reign of a "Jajav!" : king.) Marav: Kulasekhara ... ... 1268
1308
1276 Jatây : Sundara ... ...
1276 1293
1283 (Probably) Mâ:av: Vikrama... 1283
1291 (1) Jagáv : Srivallabha
(?) 1291 (!) 1316 (1) 1294 (?) Marav: Sundara ... ... (1) 1294
(1) 1296 Jatav: Vira ... ... ... (1) 1296-97 1342
(Here probably reign of a "Marav:”: king.) (1) 1303 Jatav: Sundara ...
1303 (1) 1314 Marav: Kulasekhara ...
1314 1325
1315 Jatây: Parákrama
1315
1323 Marav: Parkkrama ...
1335
1352 Jatky: Paråkrama ....
1358
1372 A co-regency of five equal rulers, if such a form of government can be imagined could by no possibility be successful except in time of profound peace; but in this very thirteenth century the whole of Southern India was violently agitatod. Early in the century the Pandya king overthrew the Chola domination and once again became independent. The Hoysalas from Mysore pressed southwards and, occupying Kannanûr in force, intervened between the Pândyas and the now powerful Bâņas for at least a quarter of a century-completely checking any Pâodya advance in that direction. The Cholas lost almost all their dominions, and the Ganapatis of Oraigal became all-powerful in the northern Chola country The powerful Pallava Peruñjingadeva warred against the Chola and finally subverted that ancient kingdom by the year A. D. 1243 ; but he had to fight for his now throne, for the Pandya attacked him with at least some measure of succe88. The Pandys king also attacked the Hoysala forces at Kannanûr and drove them out from that tract: but was himself repulsed by them and for a time forced to retire. There was a war between the Pandya and the Singhalese towards the end of the century which resulted in the Påndya foroes carrying off the tooth-relic from Ceylon. [It is true that the Mahavashsa (XC. v. 43) records that this act of aggression was carried out by the order of "the five brethren who governed the Pandyan kingdom", but the Mahavaria was a poetical production as well as a chronicle of events, and this allusion to the ancient legend may well be taken as an instance of poetical license and not as sober truth.] Later on the Pandya was at war with the Orangal Ganapati, and at the close of the century the bitter strife between Sundara and Vira Påndya for the throne of Madura led up to the Muhammadan raid of Malik Kafur in A, D. 1310.
