Mutharaiyar dynasty

This article is about the royal dynasty called Mutharaiyar. For other uses, see Muthuraja.

The Mutharaiyar dynasty was a royal family in what is now the Indian state of
Tamil Nadu. They governed the Tanjore, Trichy and Pudukottai regions between
600-900 CE. According to Tamil scholars, the Mutharaiyar tribe invaded the
Tamil kingdoms around second century AD from a place called Erumainad,
which is identified with the area in and around modern Mysore in Karnataka.[1]
The Tamil language literary work Muttolaayiram lauds the exploits of the
Mutturaja chieftains.[1] They seem to have established themselves as Lords of
the Tanjore district in Tamilakkam. The most famous rulers were Perumbidigu
Muttaraiyar, also called Kuvavan Maaran, his son Maaran Parameswaran alias
Ilangovadiaraiyan followed by Suvaran Maaran alias Perumbidigu Muttaraiyan
II.[2]

During the 7th to 8th centuries, the Mutharaiyar served as feudatories of the
Pallava dynasty and controlled the fertile plains of the Kaveri region. An
inscription in the Vaikuntha Perumal temple in Kanchipuram mentions a
Mutharaiyar chief receiving Nandivarman II at the latter's coronation. According
to historian T. A. Gopinatha Rao, this chief was Suvaran Maaran (also called
Perumbidigu Muthurayar II).[3] Suvaran Maaran is styled as Kalvara Kalvan in
this epigraph. According to historian Mahalingam, Suvaran Maaran fought along
with Udayachandra, the Pallava general of Nandivarman II, in at least twelve
battles against the Cheras and Pandyas.[4]

The Sendalai inscription of Suvaran Maran states that Tanjore and Vallam were
under his control. When the Cholas came to power in 850, Vijayalaya Chola
wrested control of Tanjore from the Mutharaiyar chieftains and turned them into Suvaran maran Mutharaiyar
vassals.[5]

References
1. Anthropological Survey of India. Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 2. India. Dept. of Anthropology. p. 8.
2. Setty, E. Desingu (1990). The Valayar of South India: Society and religion (https://books.google.com/books?hl=e
n&id=ButtAAAAMAAJ). Inter-India Publications. p. 293. ISBN 978-8-12100-238-7.
3. H.S. Bhatia. Political, Legal And War Philosophy In Ancient India. Deep and Deep Publications, 2001 - India -
381 pages. p. 180.
4. "9th century temple gets facelift" (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/9th-century-tem
ple-gets-facelift/article15211350.ece). The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
5. Indian History. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. B55.

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