kalki's master piece was the charecterisation of 3 people
senthan amudhan, pungkuzali and nandini.
they have one thing in common
any tom dick and harry can copy from history and write a novel. but to create charecters that blend so well with reality- so well that its difficult to tear them apart from the story that requires a genius. that was kalki and thats one reason we still talk about him 50 years after his death
kalkis was in the class of dumas if we can compare him to anybody at all
it must have struck kalki that arulmozhi could not have co operated on the expansion of chola empire with the murderor of his brother. that must have created these charecters. 14 years and in that the empire crossed the bay of bengal into kadaram. not a job a man who is not serious about his loyalty would do. and what about kunthavai, ambitious for her brother. would she have allowed it? it was a common feature in many stories of the time that the real heir grew up among the citizenery.