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This is a list of ethnically Tamil and predominantly Tamil speaking monarchs, who ruled in Southern India and parts of Sri Lanka and South East Asia. The ancient Tamil monarchy was largely hereditary and supported by numerous chieftains. [1]
Kings of Jaffna (24 P) M. Madurai nayaks (5 P) Mutharaiyar kings (2 P) P. Pallava kings (22 P) Pandyan kings (30 P) Pages in category "Tamil monarchs"
Tamil dynasties (தமிழ் பேரரசுகள்) are the kingdoms who ruled over present day Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Odisha. These include the Pallavas , the Pandyas , the Cholas and the Cheras .
The Three Crowned Kings, [a] were the triumvirate of Chera, Chola and Pandya who dominated the politics of the ancient Tamil country, Tamilakam, from their three Nadu (countries) of Chola Nadu, Pandya Nadu (present day Madurai and Tirunelveli) and Chera Nadu (present day Kerala and some parts of Tamilnadu) in southern India.
This included the "Arya" kings Kanaka and Vijaya, [14] the Kongu king of Kudaku, [14] the king of Malva, and "Kayavaku", the king of Lanka. [14] Kayavaku, the king of Lanka, can be is identified with Gajabahu I, king of Sri Lanka (r. c. 173 — 195 CE [1]). In this context, Chenkuttavan (and the early Tamil poems) can be dated to either the ...
His name Kulakkottan means 'builder of tank and temple'. [2] Kulakkottan was the son of Vararamatevan, said to have been ruler of Chola Nadu and Madurai. [1] The historian and author, Mudaliyar Rasanayagam states that Vararamatevan and Kulakkottan arrived in Trincomalee during the reign of King Pandu of Anuradhapura. [3]
The Chola kings of the Sangam period and the life of people contributed much to Tamil cultural wealth. The Sangam literature is full of legends about Chola kings. However, no evidentiary basis supports this list of Kings either by way of inscriptions or by way of literary evidence (even in Sangam literature).
Kizhavan Sethupathi (1671 AD to 1710 AD) was the greatest ruler among the Tamil kings. He was the seventh king of Ramnad. [18] He was helpful to Chokkanatha Nayak. The Nayak king conferred him a title Para Rajakesari (Lion to alien kings). He annexed some territories of Madurai Kingdom. Aranthangi, Thirumayam, Piranmalai.