Kundhavai was a historic and a popular name of a number of royal women in southern
India
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between the ninth and eleventh century. Some of the women who went by the name Kundavai are as follows:
*Kundhavai, the daughter of Western Ganga king Prithvipati I (853–880 AD), who was married to the
Bana prince Vikramaditya I, the son and successor of Malladeva. She gave several gifts to the Siva temple in
Tiruvallam.
*
Kundhavai Pirāttiyār, the elder sister of the king
Raja Raja Chola
Rajaraja I (Middle Tamil: ''Rājarāja Cōḻaṉ''; Classical Sanskrit: ''Rājarāja Śōḷa''; 3 November 947 – January/February 1014), also known as Rajaraja the Great, was a Chola Empire, Chola emperor who reigned from 985 to 1014. He ...
, and the queen of the chief Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan mentioned in the Tanjore inscriptions.
*Rajarajan Kundhavi Alvar, the daughter of
Raja Raja Chola
Rajaraja I (Middle Tamil: ''Rājarāja Cōḻaṉ''; Classical Sanskrit: ''Rājarāja Śōḷa''; 3 November 947 – January/February 1014), also known as Rajaraja the Great, was a Chola Empire, Chola emperor who reigned from 985 to 1014. He ...
and younger sister of
Rajendra Chola
Rajendra I (26 July 971 – 1044), often referred to as Rajendra the Great, was a Chola Empire, Chola Emperor who reigned from 1014 to 1044. He was born in Thanjavur to Rajaraja I. His queen was Vanavan Mahadevi and he assumed royal power as ...
, the queen of the Eastern Chalukya king Vimaladitya and the mother of
Rajaraja Narendra
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.
References
Chola dynasty
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