early the Pandyan kingdom and was the heart of notable temple architecture during this period. The Pandya's were known for their unique art forms that...

Rock cut and structural temples are significant part of pandyan architecture. The Vimana and mandapa are some of the features of the early Pandyan temples...

began between Parakrama Pandyan and his nephew Kulasekhara Pandyan and lasted for the next 15 years between successive Pandyan kings. The war gradually...

Indo-Greek art Art of Mathura Mauryan art Kushan art Hoysala architecture Vijayanagara architecture Greco-Buddhist art Chola art and architecture Pallava art and...

Palisade church Palladian architecture Palladio Award Pallava art and architecture Palloza Palmette Pandyan art and architecture Paned window Panelák Panelling...

sources and some epigraphic, archaeological and numismatic evidence. The capital of the Early Pandyan kingdom was initially Korkai, Thoothukudi and was later...

Constructed in the Tamil style of architecture, the temple is believed to have been built by Pandyan ruler Parakrama Pandyan during the 13th century, with...

dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Constructed in the Pandyan Architecture and rock cut architecture, the unfinished temple was built during the 8th century...

Nedunjadaiya (768-800 CE). The rock-cut architecture at Kalugumalai is an exemplary specimen of Pandyan art. The other portions of Kalugumalai houses...

the rise of the Pandyan dynasty, which ultimately caused the Chola's downfall. The Cholas established a centralized form of government and a disciplined...

art. Most scholars agree that Mauryan art was influenced by Greek and Persian art, especially in imperial sculpture and architecture. Political and cultural...

Hindu temple architecture and Indo-Islamic architecture, especially Rajput architecture, Mughal architecture, South Indian architecture, and Indo-Saracenic...

temple, Brahmadesam, Cheranmadevi, Ambasamudram, Kalakkad and Pudukkottai. The last Pandyan king to be known in the history of the Pandyas was Kolakonda...

Thailand; it then remained in the Pandyan empire of Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I and remnants of Pandyan art and architecture still stand in Trincomalee....

a rock-cut architecture exemplary of early Pandyan Art. The other portions of Kalugumalai houses the 8th century Kalugumalai Jain Beds and Vettuvan Koil...

themselves on the justness of their government. The Cilapatikaram mentions a Pandyan king who died of remorse on realizing his guilt of injustice. The officers...

centuries CE, and under the 'Later Pandyas' (13th to 14th centuries CE). In the second half of the 13th century under Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I and Maravarman...

kingdoms of the early Chola, Chera and the Pandyan kingdoms included brick shrines to deities Vishnu, Kartikeya, Shiva, and Amman . Several of these have been...

(Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was an Early Pandyan King during the Sangam era. He is known for defeating a confederacy of Cholas and Cheras at Thalayamangalam, near...

(c. 1200 – c. 345 BCE) Indian Iron Age kingdoms (c. 600 – c. 345 BCE) Pandyan Kingdom (c. 600 BCE – c. 650 CE) Pradyota dynasty (c. 682–544 BCE) Haryanka...

around 950 AD and those of Rajendran I and Kulothunga Chola I. The inscriptions of Maravarman Sundara Pandyan refer to the Lord as "Woodayar" and "Wodeyanayanar"...

powerful force in the north, northeast and west of the island, it eventually became a tribute-paying feudatory of the Pandyan Empire in modern South India in...

State Emblem is based. Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple was built by Pandyan Emperor Sadayavarman Kulasekaran I (1190 CE–1205 CE). He built the main...

architecture Indian rock-cut architecture is more various and found in greater abundance in that country than any other form of rock-cut architecture...

Sundara Pandyan II, and briefly made the Pandyas submit to the Chola overlordship. The Hoysalas, under Vira Someswara, sided with the Pandyas and repulsed...

ruled during that time. They were displaced by the Pallava dynasty and the Pandyan dynasty in the 6th century. Little is known of the fate of the Cholas...

as a Shaivite. However, an inscription attributes its renovation to a Pandyan king probably Maran Sendan (654–670 AD) or Arikesari Maravarman (670–700...

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(900–920) Sundara Pandyan I Vira Pandyan I Vira Pandyan II Amarabhujanga Tivrakopa Jatavarman Sundara Chola Pandyan Maravarman Vikrama Chola Pandyan Maravarman...

ISBN 978-81-8468-112-3. K.V., Soundara Rajan (1998). Rock-cut temple styles: early Pandyan art and the Ellora shrines. Somaiya Publications. p. 79. ISBN 9788170392187...