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Arisil River
Aricil River

Arisil or Aricil is a branch of the river Kaveri in the Tanjore district. 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 and Sri Mara Pandya in which the latter was defeated. Nripatunga was the son of Nandivarman III by a Rashtrakuta princess

The Arisil is also mentioned in the 10th chapter of the famous Tamil book Ponniyin Selvan.

Gallery

• Bridge over Arisil river
• Aricil river, another view

References

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.

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