Mutharayars

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Was a royal south Indian dynasty that governed the Thanjavur, Trichy and Pudukottai regions between 600 and 850 CE.

Establishment

January 551: There is no extant written evidence about the emergence of the Kingdom of Cochin or of the Cochin Royal Family, also known as Perumpadapu Swaroopam. All that is recorded are folk tales and stories, and a somewhat blurred historical picture about the origins of the ruling dynasty. Cochin kingdom ruled over a vast area in central Kerala before the Portuguese arrival. Their state stretched up to Ponnani and Pukkaitha in the north, Aanamala in the east, and Cochin and Porakkad in the south, with capital at Perumpadappu on the northern border.

January 551: The Mutharaiyar dynasty ruled the Thanjavur, Trichy, Pudukottai, Perambalur and Thiruvarur regions between from the mid VI century.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 591: The Pandya kingdom was revived by king Kadungon (r. 590-620 CE) towards the end of the 6th century CE. In the Velvikudi inscription, a later copper-plate, Kadungon appears as the "destroyer" of the "anti-Brahmanical" Kalabhra kings.

January 593: Chalukya ruler Kirttivarman I expanded his kingdom from the Konkan coast of present-day Maharashtra in the north to the Shimoga district of Karnataka in the south; and from the Arabian Sea in the west to the Kurnool and Guntur districts (Andhra Pradesh) in the east.

January 637: During the reign of Pulakeshin II (r. c. 610-642 CE), the Chalukya kingdom expanded to cover most of the Deccan region in peninsular India.

January 801: Varagunavarman I was a ruler of the Pandya Kingdom in southern India. He invaded the Pallava country in 800 AD, conquering the Kongu region in western Tamil Nadu and Venadu in southern Kerala. This expansion of territory strengthened the Pandya Kingdom's influence in the region.

February 801: Varagunavarman I invaded the Pallava country, conquered the Kongu country (western Tamil Nadu) and Venadu (south Kerala).

January 851: In the middle of the 9th century, the Pandyas had managed to advance as far as Kumbakonam (north-east of Tanjore on the Kollidam river).

February 851: In 851, the Pandyas advanced to Kumbakonam, a city located northeast of Tanjore on the Kollidam river. The territory was then taken over by the Mutharayars, a powerful ruling dynasty in the region during that time.