The defence of Arcot had proved that they could fight behind walls; but the natives had, themselves, many examples of gallant defences of this kind.

The English troops, under Gingen and Cope, had suffered themselves to be cooped up in Trichinopoli, and had not struck a blow in its defence.
At Kavaripak, the natives discovered that the English could fight as well, or better than the French.

The latter were somewhat stronger, numerically, than their rivals.

They had double the force of artillery, were half as strong again in Sepoys, and had two thousand five hundred cavalry, while the English had not a single horseman.
They had all the advantages of surprise and position; and yet, they had been entirely defeated.
Thenceforth the natives of India regarded the English as a people to be feared and respected; and, for the first time, considered their ultimate triumph over the French to be a possibility.

As the policy of the native princes had ever been to side with the strongest, the advantage thus gained to the English cause, by the victory of Kavaripak, was enormous.
On the following day, the English took possession of the fort of Kavaripak, and marched to Arcot.