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Avanisulamani
Maravarman
Reignc.590–620 CE[1]
PredecessorKadungon
SuccessorSeliyan Sendan (Jayantavarman)
DynastyPandya
FatherKadungon
Pandya dynasty
Early Pandya polity
Koon Pandiyan
Pudappandiyan
Mudukudumi Paruvaludhi
Nedunjeliyan I
Nedunjeliyan II
Nan Maran
Nedunjeliyan III
Maran Valudi
Kadalan Valuthi
Musiri Mutriya Cheliyan
Ukkirap Peruvaludi
Early Medieval Pandyas
Kadungon (c. 590–620)/(c. 560–590)
Maravarman Avanichulamani (c. 620–645)/(c. 590–620)
Cheliyan Chendan (c. 654–670)/(c. 620–650)
Arikesari Maravarman
(Parankusan)
(c. 670–700)/(c. 650–700)
Ko Chadaiyan Ranadhira (c. 700–730)
Maravarman Rajasimha I (c. 730–765)/(c. 730–768)
Jatila Parantaka Nedunjadaiyan/
Varaguna I (c. 756–815)/(c. 768–815)
Srimara Srivallabha (c. 815–862)
Varaguna II (c. 862–880)/(c. 862–885)
Parantaka Viranarayana (c. 880–900)/(c. 860–905)
Maravarman Rajasimha II (c. 900–920)/(c. 905–920)

Maravarman Avanisulamani (IAST: Avaniśūlāmani; r. c. 590–620 CE)(Tamil: அவனி சூளாமணி) was a Pandya ruler of early historic south India.[2] He was the son and successor of Kadungon, who revived the Pandya dynastic power after the Kalabhra interregnum. Not much information is available about either of these kings.[2]

Velvikkudi Grant (a later copper-plate inscription) is the only source information about Avanisulamani.[3][4] The grant praises the Pandya, claiming that he removed the common ownership of the Earth (by making it his own) and married the goddess of the flower (Lakshmi).[4]

Maravarman Avanisulamani was succeeded by his son Seliyan Sendan (Jayantavarman).[2][1]

Dates

References

Bibliography

  • H. Krishna Sastri, ed. (1983). Epigraphica Indica. Vol. XVII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India.
  • N. Subrahmanian (1962). History of Tamilnad (To A. D. 1336). Madurai: Koodal. OCLC 43502446. Retrieved 13 August 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  • K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (1958). A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. Madras: Oxford University Press.
  • K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (1929). The Pandyan Kingdom. London: Luzac and Company.
  • Noburu Karashima, ed. (2014). A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.