Kochchadaiyan, known as Ranadhira, (

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: கோச்சடையான் ரணதீரன்)(''r. c.'' 700 – 730 AD) was a Pandya king of early medieval south India. He was the son and successor of

Arikesari Maravarman Arikesari Maravarman (''r. c.'' 640–690 CE), also known as Parankusa, was a Pandya dynasty, Pandya king of early medieval south India. Arikesari's reign witnessed the beginning of the Pandya contest with the Pallava dynasty, Pallavas in ...

(''r. c.'' 640 – 690 CE).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.Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1958, second ed.) ''A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar''. Madras, Oxford University Press. 149-50. The name of the king is famously omitted in the Tamil portion of the Larger Sinnamanur Plates.Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. (1929) ''The Pandyan Kingdom.'' London, Luzac and Company. 55-56. Chadaiyan extended the Pandya influence into the Kongu country. The result this foray does not appear to have been permanent as the Kongu country is said to have been conquered by his successor also. He also suppressed a revolt in the Ay country (

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Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tami ...

). The Ay chieftain was defeated in the battle of Marudur (Tiruppudaimarudur, Ambarasamudram) and had to acknowledge the Pandya supremacy. He is also said to have attacked and defeated the "Maharathas" in the city of Mangalapuram (modern

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). Chadaiyan is given the titles "Vanavan", "Chembiyan" and "Chola" which seem to claim supremacy over the Chera and Chola countries.refer kochadaiiyaan ovie (2014)

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