{{Short description|Tamil dynasty}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}} '''Kadava''' was the name of a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] ruling dynasty who ruled parts of the Tamil country during the thirteenth and the fourteenth century.<ref>{{Cite web|title=South Indian Inscriptions|url=https://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_12/appendix_b.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Karashima|first=Noboru|title=A Concise History of South India - Issues and Interpretations|year=2014|isbn=9780198099772|pages=177|publisher=Oxford University Press |language=English}}</ref> Kadavas were related to the [[Pallava dynasty]] and ruled from [[Kudalur, Thanjavur|Kudalur]] near [[Cuddalore]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. [[Hiranyavarman]], the father of [[Nandivarman II]] Pallavamalla is said to have belonged to the Kadavakula in epigraphs.<ref name=kadavakula>{{cite book|title=History of Kongu, Volume 1|author=V. Ramamurthy|publisher=International Society for the Investigation of Ancient Civilization, 1986|page=172}}</ref> [[Nandivarman II]] himself is described as "one who was born to raise the prestige of the Kadava family".<ref>{{cite book|title=South Indian Inscriptions, Volume 12|author=Eugen Hultzsch|publisher=Manager of Publications, 1986|page=viii}}</ref> Chiefs bearing the Kadava title figure as feudatories of the [[Chola]]s as early as the 12th century. During the reign of [[Kulothunga Chola II]], there was a vassal called Alappirandan Elisaimohan alias Kulottungasola Kadavaradittan.<ref>{{cite book|title=The role of feudatories in later Chōḷa history|author=M. S. Govindasamy|publisher=Annamalai University, 1979|page=162}}</ref> The Kadava kingdom was at the height of their power briefly during the reigns of [[Kopperunchinga I]] and [[Kopperunchinga II]]. These two rulers were powerful enough to challenge the waning [[Chola dynasty]] during the reign of [[Rajaraja Chola III]] and [[Rajendra Chola III]]. The two Kopperunchingas have left a large number of inscriptions mostly in the North and South [[Arcot]] districts and in the [[Chengalpattu]] district.
==Origins== The title ''Kadava'' is found among the several titles assumed by [[Mahendravarman I]], [[Narasimhavarman I]] and [[Narasimhavarman II]]. The Kadava name with Kadavarayar is found in [[Tamil literature]] to refer to the [[Pallavas]]. The relationship of the Kadavas to the main [[Pallava dynasty]] is documented in an inscription in [[Kanchipuram]]. The kings of the collateral line of the Pallavas who were descended from [[Bhavavarman I|Bhimavarman]], the brother of [[Simhavishnu]], are called the ''Kadavas''. The Pallava king [[Nandivarman II]] (Pallavamalla) is praised as "one who was born to raise the prestige of the Kadava family."<ref>Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1955). A History of South India, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002).</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Archaeological Survey|first=of India|title=A.R. No. 232 of 1916 and A.R. No. 137 of 1900|url=http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_12/appendix_b.html|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India|accessdate=5 June 2011}}</ref>
Kadavarayar is one of the surnames of [[Kallar (caste)|Kallar]] Caste.<ref>{{cite book|title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles|author= K. S. Singh, p.1386|year=1919|isbn= 978-0-19-563357-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfAMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1386}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Kinship and Polity: A Study in Socio-political Organization|author= Vinaitheerthan Karuppaiyan, p.154|year=1990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sRZuAAAAMAAJ&q=kadavarayar+kallar}}</ref> There are many araiyan titles, and brahmarayan, [[Pallavaraiyan]], and vilupparayan, all often prefixed by a king's name, were titles given to officers by the king. Kadavarayan, chédirayan, and sambuvarayan, on the other hand, were titles held by some local chiefs as their family title.<ref>{{cite book|title=Noboru Karashima Ancient To Medieval South Indian Society In Transition ( 2009, Oxford University Press) Libgen.li|author= Noburu Karashima|year=2009|url=https://archive.org/details/oxford-collected-essays-noboru-karashima-ancient-to-medieval-south-indian-societ/page/13/mode/1up}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/ South Indian Inscriptions]
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