Srimara Srivallabha

Srimara Srivallabha
Srimara Srivallabha
Painting from Chittanavachal (Pudukkottai), believed to be that of the king Srimara Srivallabha and his queen
Pandya dynasty
Reignc. 815–c. 862 AD[1]
PredecessorParantaka Nedunchadaiyan (Varaguna I)[1][2]
SuccessorVaragunavarman II[1]
DynastyPandya
FatherParantaka Nedunchadaiyan (Varaguna I)
Pandya dynasty
Early Pandya polity
Early Medieval Pandyas

Srimara Srivallabha (r. c. 815–c. 862 AD[1])(Tamil:சீமாறன் சீவல்லபன்) was a Pandya king of early medieval south India.[3][4]

Srimara was famously known as the Parachakra Kolahala ("the Confounder of the Circle of his Enemies").[5] The Larger Sinnamanur Plates are the major source of information about this Pandya king.[6] The Pallava version of the events related to this period can be found in the Bahur Plates of Nripatunga.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. Madras, Oxford University Press. 165.
  2. ^ Noburu Karashima (ed.), A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 85-87.
  3. ^ Noburu Karashima (ed.), A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 88-89.
  4. ^ Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. Madras, Oxford University Press. 151-52.
  5. ^ Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. Madras, Oxford University Press. 154-55.
  6. ^ Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1929) The Pandyan Kingdom. London, Luzac and Company. 68-69.
  7. ^ Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1929) The Pandyan Kingdom.London, Luzac and Company. 74–76.