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Pandya Dynasty | Sneak Peek

Pandyas were one of the muvendars that ruled the southern part of India, though intermittently, until the pre-modern times. River Vellar running across the Pudukkottai region had been demarcated as the northern border of the Pandya country, while the Indian Ocean was its southern border. The Western Ghats remained the border of the west while the Bay of Bengal formed the eastern border.

The history of the Pandyas of the Sangam period, circa third century BCE to third century CE, has been reconstructed from various sources such as megalithic burials, inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi, and the Tamil poems of the Sangam literature. The Pandyas established their supremacy in South Tamil Nadu by the end of the sixth century CE. A few copper plates form the source of our definite knowledge of the Pandyas from the seventh to the ninth century. The Velvikkudi grant of Nedunjadayan is the most important among them.

Accounts of travelers such as Marco Polo, Wassaff, and Ibn-Batuta are useful to know about the political and socio-cultural developments of this period. Madurai Tala Varalaru, Pandik Kovai and Madurai Tiruppanimalai provide information about the Pandyas of Madurai of later period.

Pandya Dynasty- Prominent Rulers

The reign of the Chola dynasty has been divided into four stages for easier understanding of history, namely –

1. Early historic Pandyas
2. Medieval Pandyas
3. Imperial Pandyas
4. Tenski Pandyas

The revival of the Pandyas seems to have taken place after the disappearance of the Kalabhras. The revival of the Pandyas seems to have taken place after the disappearance of the Kalabhras. Once hill tribes, the Kalabhras had soon taken to a settled life, extending their patronage to Buddhists and Jains. Kadunkon recovered Pandya territory from the Kalabhras.

Here is a list of the documented rulers of the Pandya Dynasty

Early Historic Pandyas

Names of the Rulers of the Pandya Dynasty

Koon Pandya

Nedunjeliyan I

Puda-Pandya

Nedunjeliyan II

Nan Maran

Nedunj Cheliyan III

Maran Valudi

Kadalan Valuthi

Musiri Mutriya Cheliyan

Ukkirap Peruvaludi

Early Medieval Pandyas  (6th–10th century CE)

Names of the Rulers of the Pandya Dynasty	Period of Reign
Kadungon	c. 590–620 CE
Maravarman Avanisulamani	c. 620–645 CE
Cheliyan Sendan (Chendan)	c. 654–670 CE
Arikesari Maravarman (Parankusan)	c. 670–700 CE
Ko Chadaiyan Ranadhira	c. 700–730 CE
Maravarman Rajasimha I	c. 730–765 CE
Jatila Parantaka Nedunjadaiyan (Varaguna-varman I)	c. 765–815 CE
Maravarman Srimara Srivallabha	c. 815–862 CE
Varaguna-varman II	c. 862–880 CE
Parantaka Viranarayana	c. 880–900/905 CE
Maravarman Rajasimha III	c. 900–920 CE

Medieval Pandyas

Name of the Ruler
Sundara Pandya I
Vira Pandya I
Vira Pandya II
Amarabhujanga Tivrakopa
Jatavarman Sundara Chola Pandya
Maravarman Vikrama Chola Pandya
Maravarman Parakrama Chola Pandya
Jatavarman Chola Pandya
Srivallabha Manakulachala	c. 1101–1124 CE
Maravarman Srivallabha	c. 1132–1161 CE
Parakrama I	c. 1161–1162 CE
Kulasekara III
Vira Pandya III
Jatavarman Srivallabha	c. 1175–1180 CE
Jatavarman Kulasekara I	c. 1190–1216 CE

Imperial Pandyas (13th–14th centuries CE)

Names of the Rulers of Pandya Dynasty	Reign
Maravarman Sundara I	c. 1216–1238 CE
Sundaravarman Kulasekara II	c. 1238–1240 CE
Maravarman Sundara II	c. 1238–1251 CE
Jatavarman Sundara I	c. 1251–1268 CE
Maravarman Kulasekara I	c. 1268–1310 CE
Sundara Pandya IV	c. 1309–1327 CE
Vira Pandya IV	c. 1309–1345 CE

Tenski Pandyas (14th–16th centuries)

Names of the Rulers of Pandya Dynasty	Reign
Sadaavarman Parakrama Pandya	c. 1422–1463 AD
Kulasekara Pandiyan III	c. 1429–1473 AD
Aksharan Perumal Parakrama Pandya	c. 1473–1506 AD
Kulasekara Pandya	c. 1479–1499 AD
Sadaverman Sewallapa Pandya	c. 1534–1543 AD
Parakrama Kulasekaran	c. 1543–1552 AD
Nelveli Maran	c. 1552–1564 AD
Sadaavarman Adeevirama Pandya	c. 1564–1604 AD
Varathuranga Pandya	c. 1588–1612 AD
Varagunarama Pandya	c. 1613–1618 AD
Kollankondan	(N.A.)

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