[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929) › c7.24 # The Pandyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c7.24 The Pāṇḍyan Kingdom from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century c7.24 - **Language:** English ### [c7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c7.24) ² Kanakasabhai (p. 56 of his \*Tamils\*) seems to have exaggerated the exclusiveness and the fewness of the Brahmins in South India in those days. Exact comparisons being impossible, only general impressions can be recorded and I am unable to see that the Brahmins were less numerous then (proportionately to the population) or more exclusive than in recent times. - [Previous: c7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c7.23) - [Next: c7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c7.25) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1929.c7.24) · Pramāṇa