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Name: Ay Dynasty

Type: Polity

Start: 151 AD

End: 765 AD

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Were an Indian ruling lineage which controlled the south-western tip of India.

Establishment


  • January 151: The Ays formed one of the major chieftains of early historic (pre-Pallava) Kerala. Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy (2nd century AD) described the "Aioi" territory as extending from the Baris (Pamba) to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari).
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    1. Events


  • January 301: The Kalabhra were a dynasty that ruled Tamil in southern India between the 3rd and 6th centuries AD.

  • January 701: Kolathunadu was one of the 4 most powerful kingdoms on the Malabar Coast. Kolattunādu had its capital at Ezhimala and was ruled by Kolattiri Royal Family and roughly comprised the whole northern districts of Kerala state in India.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 766: In c. 765 AD, Pandya king Jatila Paranthaka/Nedum Chadayan Varaguna I (r. 765-815 AD) sacked port Vizhinjam by defeating the Vel chieftain (the Vel Mannan, who might have been related to the Ay family) and took possession of the Ay-Vel country.
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