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  2. Pandya dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The ancient port of Korkai, in present-day Thoothukudi, was the centre of the pearl trade. ... Pandyan Civil War (1169–1177) Tammuzh; References

  3. Pandyan Civil War (1169–1177) - Wikipedia

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    The Civil War began between Parakrama Pandyan and his nephew Kulasekhara Pandyan and lasted for the next 15 years between successive Pandyan kings. The war gradually spread to the rest of Southern India when the Chola King Rajadhiraja II [1] and the Sinhalese King Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwa entered the fray and took opposing sides in the ...

  4. Early Pandyan kingdom - Wikipedia

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    One theory is that the word Pandya is derived from the Tamil word "Pandi" meaning bull. Ancient Tamils, considered the bull as a sign of masculinity and valor. [6] Pandya became the epithet of the first Pandyan king of Thenmadurai (lit. south Mathurai), Kulasekharan Pandya as he was built like a bull. It was used as an epithet of masculinity.

  5. Malik Kafur's invasion of the Pandya kingdom - Wikipedia

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    During 1310–1311, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji sent an army led by his slave-general Malik Kafur to the southernmost kingdoms of India. After subjugating the Hoysalas, Malik Kafur invaded the Pandya kingdom (called Ma'bar in Muslim chronicles) in present-day Tamil Nadu, taking advantage of a war of succession between the Pandya brothers Vira and Sundara.

  6. History of South India - Wikipedia

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    The Pandyan Kingdom finally became extinct after the establishment of the Madurai Sultanate in the 14th century CE. The Pandyas excelled in both trade and literature. They controlled the pearl fisheries along the south Indian coast, between Sri Lanka and India, which produced one of the finest pearls known in the ancient world.

  7. 1173 Polonnaruwa invasion of Chola - Wikipedia

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    In 1173, an invasion began against the dynasty of South India by the Sinhalese king Maha Parakramabahu and Vira Pandyan of Pandyan Dynasty. [1] [2] His armies and Vira pandya armies first captured the Pandyan kingdom, and then advanced into Chola Nadu, attacking the Tondi and Pasi regions of Present-day Ramanathapuram.

  8. Category:Wars involving the Pandyan Empire - Wikipedia

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    Pandyan Civil War (1169–1177) This page was last edited on 3 September 2024, at 10:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...

  9. Anuradhapura invasion of Pandya - Wikipedia

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    The Lankan sources and Pandyan sources vary each other. According to the K. A Nilakanta Sastry Pandyan sources are reliable. He mentions in his book named 'Pandyan Kingdom' that "The Pandyan side of the evidence makes the ruling king successful in repelling a Maya Pandya and thus keeping his throne to himself at the end of the struggle , the Ceylon account makes out a disaster of the first ...