{"product_id":"9798223430247","title":"Vel Pari: The Tamilakam War","description":"\u003cp\u003eVel Pari: The Tamilakam War.\u003cbr\u003eLegend to Realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere the legends surrounding Pari true? Are there rational explanations to his outlandish deeds? Did he gift his chariot to a jasmine vine? He did not have an heir. Why did he not remarry?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid Pari succumb to the treachery of the Cholan, Cheran and Pandyan kings? The three kings were renowned for their code of chivalry and dharma. How did Pari die? Was he murdered by his own courtiers who then blamed the three kings?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians found little common ground. But they agree that Pari and the influential poet, Kapilar, were fast friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKapilar wrote his ground breaking work, \u003cem\u003eSong of the Kurinji\u003c\/em\u003e. What was the genesis of this work? Why did Kapilar commit suicide?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Pari as told by Kapilar and one other, a man who lurked in the shadows; a man who did not lend his name to written history: Kachagan, Raj Guru of the Cholan Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the first person, Kapilar and Kachagan relate the events they witnessed and lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho narrates the truer version of history? You decide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eric Alagan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48528159146225,"sku":"9798223430247","price":22.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9798223430247_p0.jpg?v=1786294958","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9798223430247","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}