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Arisil

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Arisil River
Aricil River

ArisilorAricilis a branch of the riverKaveriin theTanjore district.[1]It was the site of many a battle between the different Tamil kingdoms. One of the most notable being the 9th-century war between Nripatunga Pallava andSri MaraPandya in which the latter was defeated. Nripatunga was the son of Nandivarman III by a Rashtrakuta princess[2][3]

The Arisil is also mentioned in the 10th chapter of the famous Tamil bookPonniyin Selvan.[4]

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  1. ^Sailendra Nath Sen.Ancient Indian History and Civilization.New Age International, 1999 - India - 668 pages. p. 449.
  2. ^Indian History.Allied Publishers. p. A-422.
  3. ^Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri.The Culture and History of the Tamils.K. L. Mukhopadhyay, 1964 - Tamil (Indic people) - 181 pages. p. 26.
  4. ^Kalki Krishnamurthy.Ponniyin Selvan.Vanathi Pathippagam, 1954.