Maravarman Avanisulamani

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Maravarman Avanisulamani (IAST: Avaniśūlāmani; r. c. 620–645 CE)(Tamil: அவனி சூளாமணி) was a Pandya ruler of early historic south India.[1] 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.[1]

Avanisulamani
Maravarman
Reignc. 620–645 CE
PredecessorKadungon
SuccessorSeliyan Sendan (Jayantavarman)
DynastyPandya
FatherKadungon

Velvikkudi Grant (a later copper-plate inscription) is the only source information about Avanisulamani.[2][3] 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).[3]

Maravarman Avanisulamani was succeeded by his son Seliyan Sendan (Jayantavarman).[1][4]

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  • 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. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  • 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.