Kundavai

Name of several royal women in India

Kundhavai was a historic and a popular name of a number of royal women in southern India between the ninth and eleventh century. Some of the women who went by the name Kundavai are as follows:

  • Kundhavai, the daughter of Western Ganga king Prithvipati I (853-880 AD), who was married to the Bana prince Vikramaditya I, the son and successor of Malladeva.[1] She gave several gifts to the Siva temple in Tiruvallam.[2]
  • Kundhavai Pirāttiyār, the elder sister of the king Raja Raja Chola, and the queen of the chief Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan mentioned in the Tanjore inscriptions.[3]
  • Rajarajan Kundhavi Alvar, the daughter of Raja Raja Chola and younger sister of Rajendra Chola, the queen of the Eastern Chalukya king Vimaladitya and the mother of Rajaraja Narendra.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sailendra Nath Sen. Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International, 1999. p. 470.
  2. ^ M. S. Govindasamy. The Role of Feudatories in Pallava History. Annamalai University, 1965. p. 30.
  3. ^ a b "South Indian Inscriptions, Volume I: Part II - Tamil and Grantha Inscriptions". What Is India News Service. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2011.


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