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Mutharaiyar dynasty is one of the royal dynasty in Tamil Nadu state of India. Mutharaiyars ruled Tanjore, Trichy and Pudukottai regions from 600 CE to 850 CE. Admirable accounts of Mutharaiyar kings are found in the Tamil epics Nālaṭiyār and Muthollaayiram Kuvavan Maaran alias Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar I (650-680 CE)
Karikala (Tamil: Karikāla Chōḻaṉ), often referred to as Karikala the Great, was a Tamil Emperor of the Early Cholas of the Chola dynasty who ruled ancient Tamilakam (Modern day Tamil Nadu in Southern India) from Uraiyur. He is credited with the construction of the flood banks of the river Kaveri and conquest of Tamilakam, Andhra and Sri ...
'three' and Tamil: வேந்தர், romanized: vēntar, lit. 'king',. [6] They are mentioned by Megasthenes and the Edicts of Ashoka, [7] and first in Tolkappiyam among Tamil literature who was the first to call them Three Glorified by Heaven (Tamil: வான்புகழ் மூவர், Vāṉpukaḻ Mūvar). [1]
The Chera dynasty (or Cēra, IPA: [t͡ʃeːɾɐ]) from the from the Sangam period of early Tamil-speaking southern India ruled over parts of present-day states Kerala and Tamil Nadu. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The lineage, known as one of the mu-ventar (the Three Kings) of Tamilakam (the Tamil Country) alongside the Chola and Pandya , has been documented as ...
The early temple architecture phase in Tamil Nadu opens with the rock-cut cave temples. [140] [141] The Tamil country is home to the 'South Indian' or 'Dravidian' style of medieval temple architecture. [140] Typical temple consists of a hall and a square sanctum (the gabhagrha) The foundation block, or socle, is known as the adhisthana.
The Gajapati emperor removed the Vijayanagara control over the Tamil country by occupying the Reddi kingdoms of Rajahmundry, Kondaveedu, Kanchipuram, and Tiruchirapalli. These defeats reduced the Vijayanagara Empire's prestige, described by an inscription which described the Gajapati king as "a yawning lion to the sheep of the Karnatak King". [35]
The Chola Empire at its greatest extent, during the reign of Rajendra Chola I in 1030 CE Section of Tabula Peutingeriana, the Roman map from 300 CE, depicting South Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka (Insula Taprobane) Names, routes and locations of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st century CE) The Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu ...
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 .