Venad

As Pandya tributaries

Following the decline of Chola power after the reign of Kulothunga I (early 12th century), the rulers of Venadu extended their control over the Nanjinadu region (Thovalai and Agastheeswaram taluks, Kanyakumari), thereby bringing under their authority the territory between Kollam in the north and Suchindram or Nagercoil in the south. It is notably recorded that a Kupaka ruler defeated the Pandya ruler Raja Simha in Kollam Era 296 (1121 CE). However, inscriptions of the Pandya ruler Maravarman Sri Vallabha (1139–1169 CE), who was the overlord of the then Venadu ruler and was married to a Venadu princess, have been found at Puravari and Suchindram. When the Pandya ruler Vira Pandya was defeated by the Chola ruler Kulothunga in 1182 CE, he found asylum in Venadu. It is possible that the Venadu ruler, having supported the Pandya, was also defeated by Kulothunga.