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    The Pandyan dynasty, (Tamil: [paːɳɖijɐr]) also referred to as the Pandyas of Madurai, was an ancient Tamil dynasty of South India, and among the four...
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  • Sharangadhvaja Pandya, is a legendary king of Madurai and ruler of the Pandya Empire. He is mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. His queen consort is...
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    by Kadungon who founded the First Pandyan Empire. The Medieval Cholas conquered the region from the Pandyas in the 10th century and renamed it the Rajaraja...
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    founded the Chola empire in 848 CE. Vijayalaya took an opportunity arising out of a conflict between the Pandya and Pallava empires in c. 850, captured...
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    opposing sides in the conflict, eager to increase their influence in the Pandya kingdom. In about 1169, Kulasekhara besieged Madurai, forcing the Pandyan...
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  • "Babylonian Empire - Livius". "The Old Kingdom". "Kingdoms of South Asia - Indian Kingdoms of Assam". Sethuraman, N. (1993). The Later Pandyas (1371–1759...
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    Pandyas was Kolakonda, who was also among the Tenkasi Pandyas. All the Pandyas of the Varagunarama Pandya period were under the Vijayanagara Empire and...
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    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...
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    Chola dynasty (redirect from Chozha empire)
    As one of the Three Crowned Kings of Tamilakam, along with the Chera and Pandya, the dynasty continued to govern over varying territories until the 13th...
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    in harassing the Chola Empire until it found an opportunity for reviving its frontiers during the late 13th century. The Pandyas entered their golden age...
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    of the Vijayanagara Empire maintained the administrative methods developed by their predecessors, the Hoysala, Kakatiya and Pandya kingdoms. The King,...
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    the Pandyas rose to become a great power and extended their empire over the entire southern peninsula.[citation needed] At its height the Chola empire spanned...
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    Chera dynasty (redirect from Chera Empire)
    to form the early Chera empire. The dynasty, known as one of the Three Crowned Kings of Tamilakam alongside the Chola and Pandya, has been documented as...
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    Chola and Pandya who dominated the politics of the ancient Tamil country, Tamilakam, from their three Nadu (countries) of Chola Nadu, Pandya Nadu (present...
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  • Pushyamitra, after taking the throne of Magadha from the Mauryas. The Shunga Empire's capital was Pataliputra, but later emperors such as Bhagabhadra also held...
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  • the Pandya Empire then ruled by Srimara Sri Vallabha. This was a part of Sena II's retaliatory campaign against the devastation caused by Pandya incursions...
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    The Maurya Empire (Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha Modern...
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    the three major empires of the Tamil dynasty in Tamil Nadu, India. Pandya, meaning 'big' or 'strong', is the oldest of these empires, prevailing for what...
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    March 2018). "The Paravars: Chapter 6 – The Muhammadan Invasion of the Pandya Kingdom". Impressions. Retrieved 19 March 2024. Sastri, KA Nilakanta (2005)...
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  • invaded the Pandya kingdom (called Ma'bar in Muslim chronicles) in present-day Tamil Nadu, taking advantage of a war of succession between the Pandya brothers...
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  • Ponniyin Selvan: II (category Films set in the Chola Empire)
    Madhurantakan, but Karuthiruman, a rower who aided the Pandyas in Lanka, informs him of Nandini and the Pandya plot against Aditha Karikalan in Kadambur. In an...
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    and Pandyas, including the famous Battle of Venni where the Chola army defeated a confederacy of (about) a dozen rulers headed by Chera and Pandya kings...
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    century (1520 AD) who defeated the Pandyas and occupied Madurai. The Pandyas who were vassals of the Vijayanagar Empire wasted no time and appealed to Krishnadevaraya...
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    the fifth. The Nandas overthrew the Shaishunaga dynasty and expanded the empire to include a larger part of northern India. Ancient sources differ considerably...
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  • 85°47′17″E / 20.52361°N 85.78806°E / 20.52361; 85.78806 The Gajapati Empire, was an empire established by the Suryavamsa (IAST: Sūryavaṃśa, "Solar dynasty")...
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    Tamil Nadu -- led to the development of four large Tamil empires, the Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas, Pallavas, and velirs and a number of smaller states, all...
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    "dark" age of Tamil history came to an end with the ascendancy of the Pandyas and the Pallavas after overthrowing Kalabhras in 590 CE. The Cholas disappeared...
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