Pandya Dynasty

Overview

The Pandya dynasty, also referred to as the Pandyas of Madurai, was an ancient Tamil dynasty of South India, and among the four great kingdoms of Tamilakam, the other three being the Pallavas, the Cholas and the Cheras. Existing since at least the 4th to 3rd centuries BCE, the dynasty passed through two periods of imperial dominance, the 6th to 10th centuries CE, and under the 'Later Pandyas'. In the second half of the 13th century under Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I and Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I, the Pandyas ruled extensive territories including regions of present-day South India and northern Sri Lanka through vassal states subject to Madurai. The Pandya dynasty is considered to be one of the longest ruling dynasties in the world, in power continuously from roughly 400 BCE to 1618 CE, although its territorial and administrative extent varied significantly.

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Borders & accuracy

A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.

• SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
• DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
• SNAPSHOT1300
• POLITY TYPEtributary

Also during this period

No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.

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• Mongol Conquest of China1205–79
  World-changing · 20M dead
• Mongol Conquest of Song Dynasty1205–79
  World-changing · 15M dead
• An Lushan Rebellion755–763 CE
  World-changing · 13M dead
• Jiedushi (Military Commissioner) Rebellions755–880 CE
  World-changing · 5.0M dead
• Hundred Years' War1337–1453
  World-changing · 3.0M dead