Pandya dynasty
The Pandya dynasty , also referred to as the Pandyas of Madurai, was an ancient Tamil dynasty of South India, and among the four great kingdoms of Tamilakam, the other three being the Pallavas, the Cholas and the Cheras.
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[edit]- The archaeologist K. V. Raman, who excavated many sites in Tamil Nadu, summarizes the “religious inheritance of the Pandyas” in these words:
The Pandyan kings were great champions of the Vedic religion from very early times…. According to the Sinnamanur plates, one of the early Pandyan kings performed a thousand *velvi* or yagas [Vedic sacrifices]…. The Pandyas patronised all the six systems or schools of Hinduism…. Their religion was not one of narrow sectarian nature but broad-based with Vedic roots. They were free from linguistic or regional bias and took pride in saying that they considered Tamil and Sanskritic studies as complementary and equally valuable.- K. V. Raman, in Danino, M., & Nahar, S. (1996). The invasion that never was (1st ed). Mother’s Institute of Research & Mira Aditi, Mysore, India.
