The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t64: Setupati Rulers of Rāmnād
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t64
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Setupati Rulers of Rāmnād
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They belonged to an ancient Marava family, who were hereditary guardians of the Isthmus of Rāmnād, and who were re-established during the rule in Madura of Muttukrishnappa (A.D. 1602-1609) in the person of Saḍayakan-Uḍaiyān-Sētupati I. The Nāyakas of Madura were their overlords.
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| 1. Saḍayakan-Sētupati-Kātta I (1604-1621. Fortified Rāmnād) |
| 2. Kūttan Sētupati-Kātta 1621-1635 |
| 3. Saḍayakan II or Daḷavāy Sētupati, 1635-45 was deposed and reinstated 1640, and was murdered by Tambi. He adopted Raghunātha-Tēvan | (illegitimate) Tambi (Revolted, Died 1646.) | Dau. Gangāyi-Nātchiyār |
| 4. Raghunātha-Tēvan I 1645-1670, | Tanakka-Tēvan (died young) | Nārāyaṇa-Tēvan 5. Sūrya-Tēvan 1670. Put to death by the Daḷavāy of Madura after 6 months' rule. |
| (illegitimate) 6. Raghunātha-Tēvan II ‘Kiḷavan’. 1673 (after 3 years of anarchy)—1710. Became independent of Madura 1702. | | Tānḍa-Tēvan I (illegitimate) |
| 7. Vijaya Raghunātha-Tēvan. 1710-1720. | (illegitimate) Bhavāni-Sankara Tēvan. Seized throne 1724. Deposed 1729. | Tānḍa-Tēvan II (Md. Kuḷandai-Nātchiyār) 1720-1724, was opposed all his time by Bhavāni-Sankara, and by him was killed. |
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Bhavāni-Sankara was deposed in 1729. He was succeeded by Kūtta-Tēvan II, who was brother of Kuḷandai-Nātchiyār and who was also called ‘Kumāra-Muttu-Vijaya-Raghunātha’. He ruled till 1752.