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Neolithic burial urn, cairn circles and jars with burials dating to the very dawn of the common era have been discovered near Mamallapuram.It then came under the rule of [[Cholas]] during first century CE with the capital of Tondai Nadu as [[Kanchipuram]]. The ''Proceedings of the First Annual Conference'' of South Indian History Congress also notes: The word ''Tondai'' means a creeper and the term ''Pallava'' conveys a similar meaning.<ref name="Proceedings">{{cite book |title=South Indian History Congress, Issue 1 |date=1980 |publisher=The Congress and The Madurai Kamaraj University Co-op Printing Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9gpuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Tondai+means+a+creeper+and+Pallava+conveyed+a+similar+meaning%22}}</ref> In the 3rd century CE, Tondai Nadu was ruled by [[Ilandiraiyan]], the first king with the title "[[Tondaiman]]", whom [[P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar]] identifies with a [[Pallava]] prince. Pallavas  moved southwards, adopted local traditions to their own use, and named themselves as Tondaiyar after the land called Tondai.<ref name="Proceedings"/><ref name="Krishnaswami">{{cite book |author=A. Krishnaswami |title=Topics in South Indian history: from early times up to 1565 A.D. |pages=89–90 |publisher=Krishnaswami |year=1975 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vL4BAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>{{sps|date=July 2019}} The medieval Pallavas ruled Andhra and Northern [[Tamil Nadu]], from the 4th to the 9th centuries, with their seat of capital at ancient Kanchipuram. The ancient Tamil poem of [[Kalingattuparani]] mentions the conquest of Telangana by Kulotunga Cholan who handed the reigns of Tondamandalam to his illegitimate son Adondai.<ref>{{cite book  |title=Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Volume 14  |publisher=Vepery mission Press |year=1847  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhoYAAAAYAAJ&q=Adondai&pg=PA60}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=July 2019}}