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Jatavarman Sundara Pandya, under whom the Second Empire of the Pandyas reached its widest extent, brought the whole of South India up to Nellore and Cuddappah, including Tondaimandalam, under his supremacy. He made Kancheepuram the second capital of the Pandyas. He performed his Virabhisheka in Nellore and Kancheepuram. The feudatories and minor chieftains in Tondaimandalam who were paying tributes to the Cholas, now shifted their allegiance to Sundarapandya-l and his successors.The Pandya rule in the district is well-attested by the inscriptions of Jatavarma Sundara-l, Maravarman Kulasekara, Jatavarman Sundara-Il, Maravarman Vikrama and Jatavarman Sundara Pandya-III in Thiruvothiyur, Kanchipuram, Tirumullaivayil, Tirunirmalai, Tirisulam, Kunnathur, Poonamallee and other places.

Jatavarman Sundara-I launched on an ambitious policy of expansion which met with splendid success. He celebrated the new conquests by titles such as Kancheepuram 鈥榁aradishvara鈥� and 鈥楰ancheepuram Konda鈥�.^[1] A civil war broke out soon after the death of Maravarman Kulasekara-I in about A.D. 1308. The civil war took place between the latter鈥檚 sons Virapandya and Sundara Panaya, the two rival claimants to the Pandya throne.^[2] 121. Defeated by Virapandya, Sundarapandya sought the help of Malik Kafur, the General of Allaudin Khilji, who had then making his exploits in the Deccan. Malik Kafur invaded 鈥渂oth the Tondaimandalam and Solamandalam鈥� in A.D. 1310 and raided many cities andtemples.^[3] But, this invasion did not leave any permanent results. At best, it was a military raid which got the Muslim General a large booty through plunder and desecration.^[4] The civil war in the Pandya country continued even after the Malik Kafur鈥檚 return to Delhi in 1311.^[5]