Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

hi sirs,

old thread - on VD:

note this reference from Epigrahica indica XVI...


The princes called Vanada-Rayars were the lineal descendants of the
Bana kings, who, in the earlier period of South Indian History, were
the vassals of the Pallavas and ruled over the North Arcot District
and portions of the Mysore Province ; their kingdom was known as
Banappadi or Perumbanappadi. When the Pallavas were subverted by the
Cholas, they became subordinates of the Cholas, and the Vanada-
Rayars continued faithful to the latter till the reign of Kulottunga
III. Rajaraja Vanakovaraiyan, alias Ponparappinan Magadaipperamal,
one of the vassals of Kulottunga III, rebelled against bis suzerain
and entered into political compacts with some southern petty
princes. He drifted on to the south and appears eventually
to have joined the Pandyas, who were thea growing in power and were
soon to subvert the Chola supremacy during the reign of Rajaraja III
and his son Rajendra-Chola III. The Vanada-Rayars continued to be
friends and subordinates of the Pandyas till the Musalman invasion of
Madura under Malik Kafur. When the Pandya king was taken prisoner
and carried away by the Muhammadans(*******), the Vanada-Rayars took
service under the Vijayanagara kings and ruled over the- Madura
country. They were Vaishnavas in religion, and they gave donations,
as
may be seen from their inscriptions, to the Vishnu temples at
Alagarkoyil, Tiruppullani and Srlvilliputtur. Visvanatha-nayaka had
evidently ousted the Vanada-Hayars from Madura and
made it the capital of a kingdom which he formed from the districts
of Madura and Tinnevelly and portions of the Travancore State.


(********) ...pandya king taken prisoner??