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Maravarman Avanisulamani (IAST: Avaniśūlāmani; r. c. 590–620 CE)(Tamil: அவனி சூளாமணி) was a Pandya ruler of early historic south India.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn
Velvikkudi Grant (a later copper-plate inscription) is the only source information about Avanisulamani.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn 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).Template:Sfn
Maravarman Avanisulamani was succeeded by his son Seliyan Sendan (Jayantavarman).Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Dates
- K. A. Nilakanta Sastri – c. 620–645 CE.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
- T. V. Sadasiva Pandarathar – c. 600–625 CE.Template:Sfn
- Noboru Karashima – c. 590–620 CETemplate:Sfn
References
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- History of Tamilnad (To A. D. 1336){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Koodal(1962)
- A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(1958)
- The Pandyan Kingdom{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Luzac and Company(1929)
- A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(2014)