List of Tamil monarchs

This is a list of ethnically Tamil and predominantly Tamil speaking monarchs, who ruled in Southern India and parts of Sri Lanka and South East Asia.

The ancient Tamil monarchy was largely hereditary and supported by numerous chieftains.

[1] * Kadhirvel [King of King] The three crowned kings known as Muvendar were the traditional three Tamil dynasties that ruled the Tamilakam since the Sangam era.

During the 15th century, the Pandyans lost their traditional capital city Madurai to Delhi Sultanate, and were forced to move their capital to Tirunelveli in southern Tamilakam and existed there as vassals.

Admirable accounts of Mutharaiyar kings are found in the Tamil epics Nālaṭiyār and Muthollaayiram Kuvavan Maaran alias Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar I (650-680 CE) Maaran Parameswaran alias Ilangovadiaraiyan (680 -705 CE) Suvaran Maran alias Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II (705-745 CE) Videlviduku Satan Maran(745 -770 CE) Peradiarayan alias Marbiduku(770-791 CE) Kuvavan Satan alias Videlviduku Mutharaiyar(791 -826 CE) sandhan Pailiili(826 -851 CE) List of Sethupathi rulers Nayaks, Nayakas or Nayakars were a Telugu-origin dynasty that established themselves after the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire as sovereign rulers of Tamil territories and replaced the indigenous Tamil dynasties like Cholas and Pandyans.