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2 unusual facts about Pandyan Dynasty


Pandiyan

Any of the kings of the Pandyan Dynasty, which ruled South India from pre-historic times until end of the 15th century

Tamil bell

Some of the characters in the inscription are of an archaic form no longer seen in modern Tamil script, thus suggesting that the bell could be about 500 years old, possibly from the Later Pandya period.


Tamil-Brahmi

These are the earliest documents of a Dravidian language, and the script was well established in the Chera and Pandyan states, in what is now Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and northern Sri Lanka.


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