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The '''Malayamān''' were chieftains who ruled Miladu Naadu, the area around [[Tirukkoyilur]] of [[Tamilakam]], during the [[Sangam period]]. Chiefs of this dynasty readily took the title ''Chēdirāyan'', and ruled the hill countries. This clan's most famous king was [[Malaiyamān Thirumudi Kāri|Malaiyamān Thirumudi Kaary]]. Their royal emblem featured a horse, depicted on their issued coins. Malaiyamans descended from the pastoral shepherd tribe in the [[Sangam_landscape#Mullai_–_Forests|Mullai]] (forest) region.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1JuAAAAMAAJ&dq=malayaman+ayars&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=malayaman| title= Collected papers: studies in Tamil culture| publisher= Department of Archaeology | work= History | date=1994 | author= Natana Kacinatan | pages=81}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHuAAAAAMAAJ&q=malaiyaman+itaiyar&dq=malaiyaman+itaiyar&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj32uvQhaXcAhXeHzQIHV49CEUQ6AEILzAB| title= Tribes, forest, and social formation in Indian history| publisher= Manohar | work= History | date=2004 | author= B. B. Chaudhuri, Arun Bandopadhyay, Indian History Congress. Session| pages=68}}</ref><br />
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It is of interest to note that Vanavan Mahadevi, the mother of [[Rajaraja Chola I]], was a princess of [[Malayaman]] family.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Status and Empowerment of Women in India: Status and position of women in ancient, medieval and modern India|author=Raj Pruthi, Rameshwari Devi, Romila Pruthi|publisher=Mangal Deep Publications, 1999 - Feminism|page=175}}</ref><br />
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== Malayaman coins ==<br />
The Malayamans issued copper coins of [[quadrilateral]] shape which bore their royal emblem, a horse (sometimes facing left, and sometimes right). In some of the early coins, the legend "Malayaman" above the horse motif decorates the coin [[Obverse and reverse|obverse]]. Most of their coins carried the symbolic map of their territory on the reverse: "A wide curved river with fishes flowing in it, and a hillock on side of the river". This depicted the territory over which they ruled. The Malayaman coins generally weighed from 2–4&nbsp;g and were thin, unlike the contemporary [[Chera]] coins.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Velir]]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite web | title = south_indian_inscriptions/volume_22| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_22/part_1/kulottunga_3.html | publisher = Archaeological Survey of India | accessdate = 2008-11-09}}<br />
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