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The '''Tondaiman''' family were [[Tamil People|Tamil]] rulers of the ancient '''Tondai Nadu''' ([[Tondaimandalam]]) division of [[Ancient Tamil country|Tamilakkam]] in South India. Their capital was at [[Kanchipuram]].<ref name="eb">{{cite web|title=Southern Indian Kingdoms|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/India/The-Shunga-kingdom#ref485321|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=6 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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They ruled with the [[Pallava dynasty]], which controlled northern [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]] and had its capital at [[Kanchipuram]]. Hundreds of records and edicts exist pertaining to the Tondaiman rulers of [[Chola dynasty]].<br />
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==Sangam literature==<br />
Ruler Tondaiman Ilandirayan was mentioned in [[Purananuru]] (புறநானூறு) (in one of the poems written by [[Avvaiyar]]) as a king confronting Adhiaman; battle was avoided by the tactics of Avvaiyaar.<ref>History of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, 610-1210 A.D., page 446.</ref> He is said to be the founder of [[Pallava dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of the Tamils|author=Vijaya Ramaswamy|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4q0DHGMcjEC&pg=PA80 }}</ref> Pathupaattu (பத்துப்பாட்டு) a sangam literature work mentioned that Tondaiman Ilandriyan ruled [[Kanchipuram]] town before 2500 years.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kanchipuram: Land of Legends, Saints and Temples|author=P. V. L. Narasimha Rao|year=2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HJFldI75dRcC&pg=PR18 }}</ref><br />
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==Chola Empire==<br />
The Tondaiman title was borne by various chiefs in the [[Chola]] empire, notable ones being [[Karunakara Tondaiman]] and [[Naralokaviran]] alias ''Porkoyil Tondaiman'' who served as generals under [[Kulottunga I]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Later Chola Temples: Kulottunga I to Rajendra III (A.D. 1070-1280), Parts 1070-1280|author1=S. R. Balasubrahmanyam|author2=B. Natarajan|author3=Balasubrahmanyan Ramachandran|publisher=Mudgala Trust, 1979 - Architecture - 470 pages|page=20}}</ref><br />
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The poet Kambar wrote [[Silaiyezhupathu]] about Karunagara Tondaiman.<ref>[http://www.tamilkalanjiyam.com/literatures/kambar/silaiyelupathu.html Silaiyelupathu (in Tamil)] Retrieved 2012-07-17.</ref><br />
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==Origin==<br />
===Aranthangi Tondaimans===<br />
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The Aranthangi Tondaimans ruled [[Aranthangi]] from the 15th to the 18th centuries in southern Tamil Nadu. (As per the copper plates of Tondaiman released by Tamil University of Tanjore). There are references to the Aranthangi Tondaimans in temple inscriptions at [[Avudayarkovil]], Alapiranthan, [[Palaiyavanam]], Pillaivayal, [[Aranthangi]], Kovilur, [[Paramandur]], [[Palankarai]], [[Piranmalai]], [[Thiruvarankulam]] and [[Kurumbur]]. Similarly, the Aranthangi Tondaimans were an independent line of chieftains ruling from Aranthangi; they flourished about 200 years before the rule of the [[Thondaman dynasty]] of [[Pudukkottai district|Pudukottai]] (which began about 1640).<ref>C.Sivaratnam: The Tamils in early Ceylon, page 116</ref><br />
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The Aranthangi Tondaimans were the chief patrons of the Avudayarkovil temple, and liberally donated to its maintenance (as indicated by copper plates in the possession of the Tiruvavaduthurai Adheenam). They donated land to the [[Tiruvarur]], [[Rameswaram]], [[Kanchipuram]] and [[Benares]] temples. About 25 copper plates indicating grants from the Aranthangi Tondaimans have been recorded so far; 16 are in the [[Tiruvavaduturai|Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam]]. Their direct descendants were the Palayavanam Zamin "Vanangamudi Pandarathar".<ref name=DM>{{cite web|title= MANUAL OF PUDUKKOTTAI STATE VOLUME II|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.chennai.145/mode/2up?q=|year=2002|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dli.chennai.145/page/n221/mode/2up?q= 721]}}</ref> The Thondaiman kings of the Pudukkottai principality who came to power in the 17th century were their descendants. <ref name=DM/><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*''The Imperial and Asiatic quarterly review and oriental and colonial record''. Oriental Institute (Woking, England), East India Association (London, England).<br />
*Bhavaraju Venkatakrishna Rao, Bhāvarāju Vēṅkaṭakr̥ṣṇarāvu, ''History of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, 610-1210 A.D.''.<br />
*C. Sivaratnam, ''The Tamils in Early Ceylon''.<br />
*M. Krishna Kumari, ''History of Medieval Andhradesa''.<br />
*Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri, ''The Cōḷas''<br />
*N. Sethuraman, ''The Cholas: Mathematics Reconstructs the Chronology''<br />
*K.V. Raman, ''Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi: A Study of Its History, Art and Architecture''<br />
*Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar, ''Ancient India: collected essays on the literary and political history of Southern India''<br />
*Ramachandra Dikshitar, ''Studies in Tamil Literature and History''<br />
*''Tamil culture, Volume 4''. Tamil Literature Society, Academy of Tamil Culture<br />
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