Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture - North and South India
author: Michael W. Meister
edition: 1986, American Institute of Indian Studies
pages: 6147
Topic: History
Chapter 3 - Pandyas of Madurai: Phase I
This chapter describes Pandyas of Madurai: Phase I located on page 81 in the book Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (North and South India) compiled by Michael W. Meister, George Michell and M. A. Dhaky. These books deal with Indian temples from the early centuries. South India developed the Dravidian style while North India expressed symbolic experimentation of the divine manifestation.
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Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult—India and Indonesia [by Shilpa V. Sonawane]
Hill identified Panyue as the kingdom of Pandya. However, the same kingdom has been found by others as located in modern Burma or Assam. Julian, a Roman emperor, had received an embassy from a Pandya about 361, indicating that a Roman trading center was located on the Pandyan coast, at the mouth of the Vaghai River, southeast of Madurai....
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Triveni Journal
Patron of Tamil and Patriot Ancient Pandyan Kingdom In times of yore, Madurai was the capital of the Pandyas. The Pandyan kingdom traded with the West as may be inferred from the Roman coins unearthed by archaeologists....
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Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) [by S. Krishnamurthy]
Even though he won a massive victory against the Pandyas of Madurai in the battle of Tellaru and recaptured the southern portions of the Pallava kingdom, yet by 854 A. D. he tasted defeat at Kudamukkil (i. e. modern Kumbakkonam) served by the Pandyan king Srimara Srivallabha as mentioned in the Sinnamanur plates. However soonafter, the Pandyan kingdom itself witnessed turmoil and Srimara Srivallabha lost his life due to invasion by the Ceylonese king Sena II....
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