Maravarman Avanisulamani (
IAST
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: Avaniśūlāmani; ''r. c.'' 620–645 CE)(Tamil: அவனி சூளாமணி) was a
Pandya
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. Existing sinc ...
ruler of early historic south India. 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.
Velvikkudi Grant (a later copper-plate inscription) is the only source information about Avanisulamani. 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
Lakshmi (; , , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, , ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of wealth, fortune, prosperity, beauty, fertility, sovereignty, and abundance. She along with Parvat ...
).
Maravarman Avanisulamani was succeeded by his son
Seliyan Sendan (Jayantavarman).
Dates
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K. A. Nilakanta Sastri – c. 620–645 CE.
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T. V. Sadasiva Pandarathar – c. 600–625 CE.
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Noboru Karashima – c. 590–620 CE
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Pandyan kings
7th-century Indian monarchs
6th-century Indian monarchs