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[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]
Sadayavarman Vikkiraman I (Tamil: முதலாம் சடையவர்மன் விக்கிரம பாண்டியன்) was king and Lord Emperor of the Pandya dynasty, ruling regions of Tamilakkam (present day South India between 1250–1268). Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I is remembered for his patronage of the arts and ...
The Tamil society during the early Pandyan age had several class distinctions among the people, which were different from the Vedic classification of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras. [1] The highest class below the king, among the Tamils, was the Arivar or the sages. They were the ascetics that renounced materialism and mostly lived ...
Justice was administered free of charge, by special officers appointed as judges and magistrates, but the king was supreme and the final arbiter in all civil and criminal cases. [4] The monarchs prided themselves on the justness of their government. The Cilapatikaram mentions a Pandyan king who died of remorse on realizing his guilt of ...
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.
According to the Pandyan side of the evidence makes the ruling king Srimara Srivallabha successful in repelling a Maya Pandya and thus keeping his throne to himself at the end of the struggle. [11] The Lankan sources and Pandyan sources vary each other. According to the K. A Nilakanta Sastry Pandyan sources are reliable.
Malayadhvaja Pandya (Tamil: மலயத்வஜ பாண்டியன், romanized: Malayadhvaja Pāṇḍyan), also known as Sharangadhvaja Pandya, is a legendary [1] king of Madurai and ruler of the Pandya Empire.
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. ...