Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I

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Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I
Emmandalamum Kondaruliya Pandya, Tribhuvana Chakravarthy, Ponveintha Perumal, Hemachadana Raja
Pandya Empire
(modern day Tamil Nadu, India)
Issue
Pandyan
FatherMaravarman Sundara Pandyan II
ReligionHinduism

Jatavarman Sundara I, also known as Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan, was a emperor of the

Ganapatideva of Kakatiyas.[3]

Accession

Sundara Pandyan I acceded to the Pandyan throne in the year 1251 CE. During the middle part of the 13th century, Pandya kingdom was ruled by many princes of the royal line. This practice of shared rule with one prince asserting primacy was common in the Pandyan Kingdom.[4] The other princes of the Pandyan royal family with whom Sundara Pandyan I shared his rule were Maravarman Vikkiraman II and his brother Jatavarman Veera Pandyan I.[5]

Historical background

By the middle of the 13th century, the

Hoysala dominance over the Tamil Kingdoms had also waned by the time Sundara Pandyan I took power in 1251. He covered Entire Tamil Nadu, Kerala and extended up to Nellore
of present day Andhra Pradesh.

Conquests

Pandyan Empire under Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I

Wars against Cheras and Cholas

Sundara Pandyan I first invaded the

Rajendra Chola III was defeated and accept Pandyan suzerainty.[6]

Wars against Hoysalas

He invaded

Hoysala dominions along the river kaveri and captured the fortress of Kannanur Koppam. Several Hoysala generals including Singana were killed and great amount of loot was captured along with many horses, elephants and gold treasure. This invasion was stopped after Someshwara withdrew into his kingdom. A later attempt by Someshwara to invade Pandyan kingdom in 1262 ended in his defeat and death.[6] Jatavarman Veera Pandyan I
became the governor of the captured territories.

Wars against Kadavas

Sundara Pandyan besieged the city fortress of

Kadava king Kopperunchingan II
. However he restored Kopperunchingan to his throne and gave him his country back. He also conquered Magadai and Kongu countries during his campaigns against Kadavas and Hoysalas

Invasion of Sri Lanka

Coin of Jatavarman Sundara I found in Jaffna.

Responding to an appeal for help from a minister in

Koneswaram temple, Konamalai. Chandrabhanu's son Savakanmaindan was installed and submitted to Pandyan rule on the northern Tamil throne before he too was defeated upon Sundara Pandyan I's son Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I's, invasion in the late 1270s. Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I had succeeded his father as Lord Emperor of Pandyan following the latter's demise in 1268 and invaded to punish the Jaffna monarch for stopping the annual tributes he owed to his Pandyan overlords. The minister in charge of his invasion, Kulasekara Cinkaiariyan, an Aryachakravarthi, was installed as the new king of the island's north. The Aryacakravarti dynasty
line of Jaffna rule thus began.

Expedition to the North

After subduing the Kadava Kopperunchingan II, Sundara Pandyan led an expedition to the North. Pandyan forces killed the Telugu Choda ruler Vijaya Gandagopala of Nellore Chodas and captured Kanchipuram in 1258. This bought them in conflict with the Kakatiyas under Ganapati II. Sundara Pandiyan I defeated a Telugu army at Mudugur in the current Nellore district and performed a virabisheka to commemorate the end of his campaign.[6] However Ganapathi II later defeated Kopperunchinga II who was by then a Pandyan ally and recaptured territories up to Kanchipuram. The Kadava Pallava Kopperinjungan II was followed by very weak successors and Sundara Pandyan annexed Kanchi, Nellore and Visayavadai (modern Vijayawada) regions to the Pandyan Kingdom.

Patronage of temples

Sundara Pandyan used the vast treasure he got out of his wars to beautify the

Koneswaram temple and his son Veera Pandyan implanted the Pandyan victory flag and insignia of a "Double Fish" emblem at Konamalai.[9]

Titles

Having vanquished his neighbours Sundara Pandyan took the titles like "Emmandalamum Kondaruliya Pandiya", "Tribhuvana Chakravarthy", "Ponveintha Perumal", and "Hemachadana Raja".

His

Kadava
Kopperunchingan I; The one who paid victory tribute and bravery tribute at Chidambaram; The ruler of three worlds"

(Tamil: கொங்குஈழம் கொண்டு கொடுவடுகு கோடுஅழித்து கங்கை இருகரையும் காவிரியும் கைகொண்டு வல்லாளனை வென்று காடவனைத் திறைகொண்டு தில்லை மாநகரில் வீராபிஷேகமும் விஜயாபிஷேகமும் செய்தருளிய கோச்சடை பன்மரான திரிபுவன்ச் சக்கரவர்த்திகள் ஸ்ரீ வீரபாண்டிய தேவர்).[5]

Death and succession

Sundara Pandyan I was succeeded by Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I in 1268 and died in 1271.[2]

Notes

  1. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4
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  2. ^ a b Sethuraman, p124
  3. ^ K.A., Nilakanta Sastri. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. p. 206.
  4. ^ KA Nilakanta Sastri, p196
  5. ^ a b Narasayya, p43
  6. ^ a b c Sailendra Nath Sen. Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International, 1999. p. 459.
  7. ISBN 9780824803681
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  8. ^ http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_12/appendix_d.html
  9. OCLC 12240260
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References
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