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Their title '''Ambalakkarar''' is derived from the Tamil word ''ambalam'' meaning [[Gram panchayat|panchayat]] or "village council", as they served as the heads of these councils.<ref name=":0" /> | Their title '''Ambalakkarar''' is derived from the Tamil word ''ambalam'' meaning [[Gram panchayat|panchayat]] or "village council", as they served as the heads of these councils.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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According to Tamil historians, the Muttarayar are said to have invaded kingdoms in | According to Tamil historians, the Muttarayar are said to have invaded kingdoms in Tamil Nadu around the 2nd century CE from [[Erumainadu]], which is identified with the area in and around modern [[Mysore]] in [[Karnataka]].<ref name=erumainad>{{cite book|title=Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 2|author=Anthropological Survey of India|publisher=India. Dept. of Anthropology|page=8}}</ref>{{full|date=July 2020}} | ||
They seem to have established themselves as lords of the [[Thanjavur]] district in Tamilakkam around this time. The most famous of this [[Mutharaiyar dynasty]] were [[Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar]], also called Kuvavan Maaran, his son Maaran Parameswaran, alias Ilangovadiaraiyan, and [[Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II]], alias Suvaran Maaran.<ref>{{cite book|title=Feudatories of South India, 800-1070 A.D.|author=Ve Pālāmpāḷ|publisher=Chugh Publications |year=1978|page=135}}</ref>{{qn|date=July 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Hero-stones in Tamilnadu|author=Naṭan̲a Kācinātan̲|publisher=Arun Publications |year=1978|page=20}}</ref>{{qn|date=July 2020}} | They seem to have established themselves as lords of the [[Thanjavur]] district in Tamilakkam around this time. The most famous of this [[Mutharaiyar dynasty]] were [[Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar]], also called Kuvavan Maaran, his son Maaran Parameswaran, alias Ilangovadiaraiyan, and [[Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II]], alias Suvaran Maaran.<ref>{{cite book|title=Feudatories of South India, 800-1070 A.D.|author=Ve Pālāmpāḷ|publisher=Chugh Publications |year=1978|page=135}}</ref>{{qn|date=July 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Hero-stones in Tamilnadu|author=Naṭan̲a Kācinātan̲|publisher=Arun Publications |year=1978|page=20}}</ref>{{qn|date=July 2020}} | ||