Maravarman Avanisulamani

Maravarman Avanisulamani (IAST: Avaniśūlāmani; r. c. 590–620 CE)(Tamil: அவனி சூளாமணி) was a Pandya ruler of early historic south India.^[2] He was the son and successor of Kadungon, who revived the Pandya dynastic power after the Kalabhra interregnum. Not much information is available about either of these kings.^[2]

Avanisulamani
Maravarman
Reign	c.590–620 CE[1]
Predecessor	Kadungon
Successor	Seliyan Sendan (Jayantavarman)
Dynasty	Pandya
Father	Kadungon

Velvikkudi Grant (a later copper-plate inscription) is the only source information about Avanisulamani.^[3][4] The grant praises the Pandya, claiming that he removed the common ownership of the Earth (by making it his own) and married the goddess of the flower (Lakshmi).^[4]

Maravarman Avanisulamani was succeeded by his son Seliyan Sendan (Jayantavarman).^[2][1]

Dates

• K. A. Nilakanta Sastri – c. 620–645 CE.^[3][5]
• T. V. Sadasiva Pandarathar – c. 600–625 CE.^[6]
• Noboru Karashima – c. 590–620 CE^[1]