Tag Dravida

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Cholas Pandyas in Ramayana Times Cousins From Manu

And similarly, Pandya, who dwelt on the coast-land near the sea, came accompanied by troops of various kinds to Yudhishthira, the king of kings. Mahabharatha 5:19

Steeds that were all of the hue of the Atrusa flower bore a hundred and forty thousand principle car-warriors that followed that Sarangadhwaja, the king of the Pandyas. Mahabharatha 7.23.

References abound in Tamil Classics about the relationship between Sanatana Dharma and the Tamil Kings.

First reference of the Pandyas is the Parantaka Pandya who fought with Karikal Chola.

The Forty Kings mentioned before Karikala are not found to be recorded.

Yet references are found in the Ithihasa and Puranas about the Pandyas.

My inference is that Pandya Kingdom at Then Madurai then, was swallowed by a Tsunami and records might have been lost.

One surviving record is that Ravana signed a Peace Treaty with a Pandya King.

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Tamil Chola Kings Descendants of Manu Rama

Krishna married a Pandyan Princess,Pandyah, Megasthanes says and had a daughter through her.

Arjuna married a Pandya Princess and had a son Babruvahana, who was the only person who killed Arjuna,that Arjuna was revived is another matter.

In its turn Tamil quotes extensively the Vedas.

A King Sibi was the ancestor of Rama.

There are numerous references that speak of the close relationship of the South Dravida with the Sanatana Dharma.

I have posted extensively on this in posts where it is warranted(Under Hinduism/Tamils)

I have posted an article, based on archeological, geographical evidence that Lord Rama's ancestor Vaivaswatha Manu migrated from the South to Ayodhya to found his kingdom.

Shiva with his son Ganesha left by the Arabian sea towards the middle east.

Now let us consider the following .

Tamil People settlement dates back to Palaeolithic Age.