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He – in all likelihood – was a descendant of the ancient Cheras. and was the son-in-law of the Pandya ruler of Maravarman Kulasekhara. [4] Ravivarman raided large parts of southern India in a short period (1312 – 1316 [ 1 ] ) by skillfully taking advantage of the weakening of the Pandya kingdom and the confusion prevailed after the Khalji ...
Mangayarkkarasiyar was born as a Chola princess in Pazhayarai.Her real name was Maani. [citation needed] She married the Pandyan Dynasty King Koon Pandiyan who ruled Madurai. ...
[8] [9] The Pandya dynasty is the longest ruling dynasty in the world. [10] [11] The rulers of the three Tamil dynasties were referred to as the "three crowned rulers (the mu-ventar) of the Tamil Region" [7] [12] in the southern part of India. The origin and the timeline of the Pandya dynasty are difficult to establish. [9]
Velvikkudi Grant describes the Pandya foray in to the Ganga kingdom (a vassal of the Chalukyas). [8] [6] It says that the Western Chalukya king was defeated by the Pandya king in a battle at Venbai. Subsequently, a Ganga princess was offered in marriage to a Pandya prince (a son of the Pandya king).
Maravarman Rajasimha II (r. c. 900–915 AD) (Tamil:பராந்தகப் பாண்டியன்) was the last major king of the early medieval Pandya kingdom (6th–10th century AD) of south India. He was the son and successor of Parantaka Viranarayana (r. c. 880–900 AD). [2] [3] He is the donor of the Larger Sinnamanur Plates. [3]
According to a legend found in the Tamil text Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam, the childless Malayadhvaja Pandya and his wife perform ninety-nine ashvamedha yajnas to propitiate the gods, seeking a son for the succession. [2] However, a three-year-old girl emerged from the yajna fire, bearing three breasts, upon the lap of the queen.
The Early Pandyas of the Sangam period were one of the three main kingdoms of the Tamilakam (southern India), the other two being the Cholas, and Cheras dynasty. As with many other kingdoms around this period (earlier than 200 BCE), most of the information about the Early Pandyas come to modern historians mainly through literary sources and some epigraphic, archaeological and numismatic evidence.
The Early Pandyas were one of the dynasties that ruled the ancient Tamil country from the pre-Christian era to about 200 CE. Most of the information about the administration and government under the early Pandyas comes to use through Sangam literature.