Maravarman Avanisulamani (
IAST: Avaniśūlāmani; ''r. c.'' 620–645 CE) was a
Pandya ruler of early historic south India. He was the son and successor of
Kadungon :''Kadungon or Kadunkon was also the name an earlier Pandya king, mentioned in the Sangam literature.''
Kadungon was a Pandya king who revived the Pandya rule in South India in the 6th century CE. Along with the Pallava king Simhavishnu, he is ...
, who revived the Pandya dynastic power after the
Kalabhra interregnum. Not much information is available about either of these kings.
Velvikkudi Grant (a later copper-plate inscription) is the only source information about Avanisulamani. The grant praises the Pandya, claiming that he removed the common ownership of the Earth (by making it his own) and married the goddess of the flower (Lakshmi).
Maravarman Avanisulamani was succeeded by his son
Seliyan Sendan (Jayantavarman).
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K. A. Nilakanta Sastri — c. 620–645 CE.
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T. V. Sadasiva Pandarathar — c. 600–625 CE.
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Noboru Karashima
was a Japanese historian, writer and Professor Emeritus in University of Tokyo, Japan. He also served as Professor Emeritus at the Taisho University, Japan. He was a prominent scholar of Asia in the studies of south Indian and South Asian historie ...
— c. 590–620 CE
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Pandyan kings
7th-century Indian monarchs
6th-century Indian monarchs