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270 and destroyed the five hill fortresses of Vicchi. It is said that he was a descendant of Mandaram Cheral Irumporai (ix. 8, 10) and of the kings who had thrown lances to cross the ocean and decorated the patron deity at Ayirai. The author Perumgunrur Kizhar was a contemporary of Kapilar and praises him in the fifth agaval of this book as follows :

உவலைகூராக் கவலையினெஞ்சி

னனவிற்பாடிய நல்லிசைக் கபிலன். We shall now consider en semble the dates of the Chera kings and of the famous poets Kapilar, Paranar, Palai Gautamanar, Peruingunrur Kizhar and Arisil Kizhar. As may be gathered from the epilogues to this work the genealogies of the early Chera kings fall into two branches thus :

1. Udiyan Seral Adan

Anduvan Seral Irumporai

11.

(A) Selva-Kadunko-Ali

Adan (r. 25 yrs.)

(1) Imaya Varman (2) Palyanai Chelkelu alias,

Kuttuvan Nedum Seral Adan (r. 58 yrs.)

(B) Perum Seral Irum

porai (r. 17 yrs.)

(3) Kalankay- (5) Adukot- (1) Sengu- Ilango. (C) Ilam Seral IrumKanni Nar pattu Seral tuvan

porai (r. 16 yrs.) mudi Seral Adan (r.55 yrs.) (r. 25 yrs.) (r. 35 yrs.)

by Padman Devi, .by Manakkilli Devi. Of these the only king whose date has been definitely fixed is Senguttuvanl (No. 4 in Table I, A. D.

1. It is not our purpose to enter into the controversy whether the Gajabahu alluded to in the Silappadikaram was the first or the second king of that name, as this question has been already settled by other scholars,