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Rh Mámúlanâr (A.D. 100-130): many verses composed by this bard are found in the Akananuru, and a few in the Kurunthokai and Narrinai. It appears from these verses that he was a great traveller and visited the Chera, Chola, and Pandya Kingdoms, Panan-Nadu (Wynaad), Tulu-Nad (South-Canara) and Erumai-Nadu (Mysore Province). He frequently mentions “the festive and wealthy town of Venkadam (the modern Tirupathi) ruled by the generous Pulli,” who seems to have been his patron. He alludes also to several ancient kings : Perunj-Chôrru-Utiyanj-Cheral ; Cheral-Athan who conducted an expedition by sea and cut down the Kadambu ; another Cheral-Athan who was defeated at Vennil by Karikal-Chola ; and the illegitimate Mauriyas who led their army up to Pothiya Hill, when Mohoor did not submit to the Kosar.

Kallândâr (A.D. 100-130) appears to have been a native of Venkadam, which town he says he quitted with his family during a severe famine. He travelled southwards and found