The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t67: Tanjore—Rulers of
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t67
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Tanjore—Rulers of
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A. A Family of Chiefs in the 8th to the 11th Centuries A.D.
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These chiefs seem to have been vassals to the Pallava kings and to have ruled over parts of Tanjore and Pudukotta.
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Perumbiduugu-Muttaraiyan I alias Kuvāvanmāran
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Iḷangōvaḍiyar-aiyan alias Māran-Paramēśvaran.
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Perumbiduugu-Muttaraiyan II alias Suvāvan-Māran or Neḍumāran A.D. 717 and later.
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The last chief was known by many other titles—amongst others ‘Lord of Tanjore.’ He fought many battles (twelve are mentioned in inscriptions) against the Pāṇḍyas, the people of Kōnāḍu etc. . . He went to Conjevaram to receive the newly-installed Pallava king, who was almost certainly Nāndivarman II (A.D. 717-779). He had been a vassal of the Pallava Paramēśvara-Pōtavarman II (*See the Anbil plates, E.I. xv, p. 49. n-1 and E.I. xiii, 134*).
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Viḍēlviḍugu-Viḷupēraḍi-Araiśan, alias Sāttān-Māran, who was a contemporary of Pallava Nandivarman II and was son of queen ‘Perumbiduugu-Perundēvi,’ was very probably a son of Perumbiduugu-Muttaraiyan II (*E.I. xiii, 137 f*).
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Mārpiḍugu was a contemporary of Pallava Dantivarman (779-830).
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Viḍēlviḍugu, contemp. of Pallava Nṛipatunga (854-888).
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Sāttān-Paḷiyili was his son.
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Śatrubhayankara-Muttaraiyan was a contemporary of Śaḍaiyamāran Pāṇḍya. Date doubtful as more than one Pāṇḍya king was so called.
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Vijayālaya-Muttaraiyan was the name of an officer serving under Kulōttunga Chōḷa I (1070-1118).
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B. The Nayakka Dynasty of Tanjore
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Timma Md. Vayyamāmba. (*E.I. xii 340*)
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1. Sevvappa Nāyaka Made governor of Tanjore by Achyuta Raya of Vijayanagar, who married his wife's sister. Independent after 1565.
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2. Achyutappa Nāyaka
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3. Raghunātha Nāyaka (Md. a Pāṇḍya princess. 1614-1640.)
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4. Vijayarāghava Deprived of his throne by Chokkanātha Nāyaka. 1640-1674.
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5. Śengamala Dās His throne seized by Ekōji, alias Veṅkāji, brother of the Mahratta Śivāji, 1674.
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C. The Mahratta Dynasty of Tanjore
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A branch of the Mahratta family of Satara (see Mahrattas above) descended from Śivājī's brother Veṅkājī. In 1674 by order of the Sultan of Bijapur, Veṅkājī, then a general, went to Tanjore and placed Śengamala, or Cheṅgamala, Dās on the throne, driving out Alagīri Nayaka who had been made governor, by Chokkanātha of Madura. Shortly afterwards Veṅkājī usurped the throne.
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Shāhjī Bhonsla. | 1. Ekōjī, or Veṅkājī 1674-1685, confirmed in his post by Śivājī in 1678. | Santājī | 2. Shāhjī (1685-1711. No issue.) | 3. Sarfōjī, or Sarabhōjī (1711-1727. No issue.) | 4. Tukājī (1727-1735) | 5. Bāvājī, or Bābā Sahib. 1735-1738. His widow ruled for 2 years. | 6. Sāhujī, or Saiyājī. 1738-1741, and 1749-1765 | Anna Sahib (died early) | Nānā Sahib (died early) | (illegitimate) 7. Pratāpa-Simha, or Partab Singh. 1741-1749. | 8. Tuljājī 1765-1787 | ... (adopted) 10. Sarfōjī 1797-1824. | 11. Śivājī 1824-1855. | 9. Amara, or Amīr, Simha 1787-1797.
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NOTES (I) Veṅkājī was ruling on April 5, 1685 (540 of 1918). (6) Sāhujī was, soon after his accession, driven out by faction feuds; and his brother Pratāpa-Simha seized the throne and ruled from 1739 to 1749, when the English restored Sāhujī.
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(9) Amara Simha was deposed for mis-government, and pensioned, in 1798, Sarfōjī's adoption being declared valid. Sarfōjī ceded Tanjore to the English, receiving the fort as his residence and an estate for his support.
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(II) Śivājī died without issue in 1855, and the line became extinct.