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Yavana Rani (lit. ' Greek Queen ' ) is a Tamil language historical novel written by Indian writer Sandilyan . It was originally serialized in the weekly Kumudam in the 1960s and was later published as a book by Vanathi Publishers.
Bhashyam Iyengar (6 November 1910 – 11 September 1987), better known by the pen name of Sandilyan, was an Indian writer known for his historical fiction novels in Tamil.He is known for his historical romance and adventure novels, often set in the times of the Chola and Pandya empires.
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One of the inscriptions mentions the donation of a tank by the Yavana named Irila, while the other mentions the gift of a refectory to the Sangha by the Yavana named Cita. [240] On this second inscription, the Buddhist symbols of the triratna and of the swastika (reversed) are positioned on both sides of the first word "Yavana(sa)". Pandavleni ...
Alli Rani (Tamil: அல்லிராணி, lit. 'Queen Alli'), also known as Alli arasi, is a legendary Tamil queen of the Sangam period, who is thought to have ruled the whole western and northern coast of Sri Lanka from her capital Kudiramalai. [1] [2] According to folklore, her fort, Allirani fort, is located in Mannar, Sri Lanka. [3]
Unable to defeat Krishna on his own, Jarasandha made an alliance with Kalayavana. Kalayavana had become a powerful Yavana warrior, who had gotten a boon from Shiva that on the battlefield, he would be unbeatable. [7] Krishna, in order to defend his people, built a formidable city, named Dvaraka, to which he transported the inhabitants of ...
Sinhala chronicle Mahavamsa or the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka mentions this event [citation needed] 538 BCE: Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire reached up to northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, today's Afghanistan. 527 BCE: Nirvana of Mahavira, c. 525 BCE Kuru Kingdom was de-established. [23]
The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit, were used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations of the Greek word for " Ionians " ( Ancient Greek : Ἴωνες < Ἰάoνες < *Ἰάϝoνες ), who were probably the first Greeks to be known in India.