The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c15.2
The Pāṇḍyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c15.2
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c15.2
MĀRAVARMAN SUNDARA PĀNDYA II succeeded to the throne in A.D. 1238. His inscriptions begin with the characteristic formula *Pūmalar Tiruvum Poru Jayama-ḍandaiyum* and as there seems to be as yet none of these that gives a regnal year higher than 15 (No. 132 of 1894), his reign must be taken to have continued up to about A.D. 1253.¹ The historical introduction of this ruler furnishes no information of any value and most of his records make large grants for various religious purposes such as the study and recitation of religious hymns in temples. There is no reason to believe that the extent of the kingdom suffered any diminution under this ruler and the political relations among the Pāndyas, Cholas and Hoysalas seem not to have altered much since the time of Māravarman Sundara Pāndya I. The frequent