Dravidian Pandya king is the ancestor of Pururavas!!

        The legendary king Pururava was born in Treta yuga and he is the son of budha and ila. He is the first king of lunar dynasty / chandra vamsam and also popularly known as ancestor of pandavas in Mahabharatham. 

        Apart from these details, there is one important unknown / hidden fact about pururavas is - Early pandya king of ancient tamizhagam is the ancestor of Pururavas and Nahusas.

        If this information is surprising and feels like surreal, then please read the post till the end to know the truth about pururavas. This post will also prove things like  

a) early pandya kings lived in the age of satya yuga

b) the lineage of pururavas from the early pandya king 

c) Maravarma pandyan and pururavas connection.

        Pururavas lived in the age of Treta yuga. But, early pandya kings started to live from the age of Satya yuga - i.e from the first yuga in the yuga cycle.

A little background about early pandya king is needed to connect the dots with puraravas and satya yuga is the starting point of it.

Satya Yuga:

        Early Pandya kings lived from the age of satya yuga and submerged Kumari kandam is their mother land. Kumari kandam and Bharatha kandam were considered as heavens of humans such that even lord Indra and many demi gods frequently visit here and did stay there for some period of time. Kumari kandam landmass was connected to bharatha kandam's southern tip.

    Pandya king Satyavrata -  was the king of kumari kandam during satya yuga. Lord vishnu appeared before this pandya king satyavrata and forewarned him about a great deluge. 

[More details about kumari kandam is covered here, Kumari kandam - part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 ]

        It is mentioned in Matsya purana that Lord vishnu took the avatar of dolphin and forewarned the dravidian pandya king Satyavrata from the south of Bharat about major multiple deluge in his land and asked him to build to huge boat to migrate. Early Pandyas were the First and the only rulers in this world during Satya yuga. Kumari kandam - the first ancient land of tamizhs were then submerged into the ocean, which made the pandya king to shift the capital to Bharatha kandam.

        This Pandya King Satyavrata headed as Vaivasvata Manu, migrated with Sapta rishis to the Bharat Kandam with the help of Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu and Adisesha. 

To know more about Matsya avatar of Lord vishnu and Pandya king and more details about the same, reach out to the below post,

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2020/05/pandya-king-satyavrata-and-matsya.html

Now, coming back to the topic - Pandya king is the ancestor of Pururavas, I will explain it in 2 ways with appropriate facts, i.e 

1) Through Vaivasvata Manu, and 

2) From the copper plate inscriptions founded in tamizhagam.

1) Through Vaivasvata Manu 

     

        It is mentioned in some of the texts that Pururavas were traced back to vaivasvata manu. See the below picture for reference.

    From the above mentioned facts about matsya avatar, it is clearly understood that the early pandya king satyavrata is also called as Vaivasvata manu. As Vaivastha manu itself is a dravidian pandya king, then the lineage is obviously continued as race of pandyas. 

There are 2 types of pandyan race, 

1. solar race pandya kings (Surya vamsam)  and 

2. moon race pandya kings (chandra vamsam) 

    Pururavas belongs to moon race pandya kings and Pururavas emblem is 'a pair of fish'.

Lunar race pandya king's emblem is also a pair of fish.

    The lunar dynasty pandya kings mostly ruled the coastal areas and were the seafarers. They explored the world through seas and worshiped moon god to guide them in the right direction in the sea. They precisely calculated the directions, wind, storms and day with the knowledge of moon and stars (nakshatras) in the sky. As they had good command  in astronomy, it helped them to explore further in seas in good weather and it also helped them to transport goods. These pandya kings had huge navy ships and navy base. 

        Their emblem is a pair of fish. They kept fish as an emblem, for their gratitude towards Matsya avatar of lord vishnu who saved them from a great deluge. 

As Pururavas and Nahusas were descendants of Pandya king, they continued to keep 'a pair of fish' as their emblem. [Note: This information about emblem of pururavas is also mentioned in the inscriptions]

2. Copper plate inscriptions:

        The lineage of pururavas from chandra vamsam pandya kings is also mentioned in the ancient copper plates of velvikudi inscriptions. There are 10 copper plates founded in Madakulam of Tamil nadu. 

Velvikudi inscriptions:

        The Velvikudi inscription is actually a bi-lingual grant inscribed in a copper-plate from the Pandya kingdom of southern India. It is inscribed in Tamil and Sanskrit languages, it records the renewal of a grant of the Velvikudi village to a brahmana by the Pandya king Nedunjadaiyan Varaguna-varman alias Jatila Parantaka.

Sanskrit portions were written in Grantha script, while Tamil portions were written in Vattellutu script. Below are the pictures of the inscriptions...

The sanskrit portion begins with the invocation of Lord shiva and describes the lineage of Pandya king. It is also mentioned in the inscription that Sage Agastya / Siddhar Agathiyar is their family priest.

 To know more unknown facts about sage agastya, reach out to the link below,

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2021/07/who-is-siddhar-agathiyar-sage-agastya.html

The other points mentioned in the inscription is that, 

 "4. There was (ruling) entrance into the sea, a king famed for his matchless power, named Pandya, who even after the three worlds had disappeared, at the end of kalpa, was requested again to rule the world by the creator and was born as splendid son of moon and named as 'Budha'.

5 &6. Pandya king was reborn as Budha, the son of moon. His son is Pururuvan (Pururavas), engraved their emblem pair of fish on the topmost rock of the mountains. He also shared half of his throne, necklace and taxes with Lord Indra.

Maravarman - son of Pururuvan was born. He was a glorious king and praised by the three worlds."

This inscription says about the lineage of pururavas as, 

King Pandya -> Pururuvan -> Maravarman.

Pururava was also popularly known as ancestor of Pandavas in Mahabharatham. Below picture is the translation of the inscription...

The Tamil part of the inscription contains the actual grant. It describes about, how the Pandya king Palyagamudukugumi Peruvarudi gave the village Velvikudi (i.e. the village of sacrifice) to Narkorran, a brahman and the headman of Korkai, in appreciation of a vedic sacrifice performed by the latter. Then follows a  historical narration, describing how the country was conquered by enemies and reconquered by the Pandyas.

The inscription also mentions about boundaries of velvikudi village, its landmarks, about the wars of Maravarman and about many other kings.

This copper plate inscription clearly proves that early Pandya king was the ancestor of Pururavas - the lunar race king. 

Early pandya / pandyan kings were the longest rulers of ancient India. They were the first rulers and ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. They have built numerous temples for Lord Shiva around the world, chanted lord shiva's name and always smear holy ash on their forehead as smeared by lord shiva. They have also built many temples for Lord Vishnu as well, as the clan of pandyas were saved by matsya avatar of lord vishnu. Many historic records of pandya kings, their emblems, signs were intentionally destroyed by the following invaders to destroy the glory of pandya kings. [Why did the following rulers destroyed it?, will be covered in separate post]

        Further, the foreign invaders tried to put forward the dates of early pandyan rulers, as they hate to believe that pandya kings widely ruled the world with a great power, wealth, science, culture, dedication, advanced knowledge in various fields, god worship and followed santana dharma before the arrival of many religions. So, they did not want indians (bharathiyans) to know about the glorious real history of early pandya kings, their bravery and about their knowledge, so they did project pandya kings as late rulers in our edited history. 

Early pandya kings were the starting point of the history of bharatha kandam. Each and everything in the history is connected in someways, the subsequent rulers like cholas, cheras, pallavas are connected to pandya kings. These truths are erased from the history of Bharath. 

Relationship between Pandya king and Pururavas is one of the erased truth from the history ancient bharath!!

Many more truths about cholas, cheras, pallavas will come into light through this divine diyaas blog!

- Aarthi Thiyagarajan

Kumari Kandam - Part 3 (Submergence of Kapatapuram)

Lost History of Ancient Tamils / Tamizhs - Submergence of Kapatapuram

            In Continuation from the Part 2 of Kumari Kandam
https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2019/12/kumari-kandam-ancient-tamilakam-part-2.html

      From the last two parts of Kumari Kandam, it is evident that Pandyan King Satyavrata headed as Vaivasvata Manu with the help of Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu and Adisesha. Saptarishis were also migrated along with the King to the Bharata Kandam. This post will elaborate details about submergence of Second Tamizh Sangam at Kapatapuram.

         Kumari Kandam contains 49 territories which were grouped as seven lands (Ezhuthangu nadu)

1. Seven Coconut Lands [Elu thenga nadu]
2. Seven Mango Lands [Elu maturai nadu]
3. Seven front sandy lands [Elu munpalai nadu]
4. Seven Back sandy lands [Elu pinpalai nadu]
5. Seven Dwarf palm lands [Elu kurumpanai nadu]
6. Seven Eastern Coastal lands [Elu kunakarai nadu]
7. Seven Hilly lands [Elu kunra nadu]

         In Kanyakumari district, there is a coastal place called 'Thengapattnam', which is named after dense coconut groves. 

        There were 72 kings of Pandyan empire who ruled Kumari kandam for more than 10,000 years. When their capital cities ThenMadurai and Kapatapuram was lost, some of the Pandya Kings have migrated towards North of Tamizhagam and some of them moved towards East and explored many countries. There are many places in the world, ruled by Pandyas which were named in the memory and honor of Kumari Kandam (which will be covered in subsequent parts).

   

he Pandya kings were said to have belonged to the Lunar race. They claimed Pururavas and Nahusha as ancestors. Pururavas is listed as one of the ancestors in the Velvikudi inscription of Nedunchadaiyan Varagunavarman.

The Pandya kings were said to have belonged to the Lunar race. They claimed Pururavas and Nahusha as ancestors. Pururavas is listed as one of the ancestors in the Velvikudi inscription of Nedunchadaiyan Varagunavarman.

he Pandya kings were said to have belonged to the Lunar race. They claimed Pururavas and Nahusha as ancestors. Pururavas is listed as one of the ancestors in the Velvikudi inscription of Nedunchadaiyan Varagunavarman.

        It is mentioned in the ancient book Kandapuranam that Kumari Kandam covers the land of 700 Kavatam from Pahruli river in the north to the Kumari river in the south. Kavatam is a measuring unit in Tamil, which is still unknown to all. 

Kavadapuram / Kapatapuram - The capital city of Pandyas during Second Tamil Sangam around 5500 BCE during Treta Yuga. It was situated at the northern side of Kumari kandam. It was a port city, originally located near Thoothukudi, which is now submerged under sea.

Kavatai - refers to a type of rich pearls, meaning grabbing. As the oyster grabs the pearls in the mouth, it was termed as kavatai. In Arthasastra, Chanakya refers to the Pearls from "PandyaKapatam".  
     
    Around 57 early Pandya Kings ruled Kapatapuram as their capital for 3700 years. Tolkappiyam was composed during the time of Second Tamizh Sangam at Kapatapuram / Kavadapuram. Several seals discovered in the Indus valley site mentioning about certain religious traditions cited in Tolkappiyam. This proves that Tolkappiyam belonged to the age of the last phase of the Indus valley civilization i.e. 1500 B.C. Almost all Tamil scholars agree that Tolkappiyam belonged to the last phase of the Second Tamil Sangam held at Kapatapuram, which was engulfed by the sea around 2000 B.C.E.

        Therefore, we may safely conclude that Tolkappiyam was written before the submergence, i.e before 2000 B.C.E. The social and cultural history of the Tamils in the ancient Tamil Land were portrayed in Tolkappiyam and it's been validated on the basis of the artifacts and other materials discovered from the megalithic sites in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

       The first phase of Second Tamizh sangam was dated between 5500 bce - 5000 bce, as 2000 bce was the last phase of second tamizh sangam. So, 5000 B.C.E has been fixed as the date of Kapatapuram, the second capital of the ancient Pandyas. The famous urn burial site Adichanallur is located 21 kms from Korkai. The ancient Korkai port was also called as 'Pandya Kavada' mentioned in 'Kallithogai'. Because this port was once located at the banks of Tamiraparani river near the seacoast and it was part of Kavadapuram / Kapatapuram. The capital city Kapatapuram was originally located near Thoothukudi, which is now submerged under sea. 

        In the last 2000 years, due to the excessive sedimentation, the sea has receded about 6km from Bay of Bengal, which pushed Korkai inland today, that is before the delta of Tamiraparani River. Also, in the course of time, Tamiraparani River has shifted its course towards East and South, earlier it used to mix with the sea near Thoothukudi. 

     The ancient site at Korkai was first excavated in 1827 by R. Caldwell, who found a few urns of giant size. Next, during 1968-69 a team of archaeologists led by R. Nagasamy conducted excavations at Korkai. They discovered a number of inscribed potsherd with Tamil scripts, various objects of copper and iron, perforated terracotta tiles, beads of crystal, conch shells, and pearl-oysters.

        Therefore, we may conclude that the Adichanallur which is 15km from Korkai port, was flourished along with the Kumari Land with its culture and even after the submersion of the latter by the sea.

First Kumari kandam was lost, then Kapatapuram was submerged. What was the reason for subsequent Mega Tsunamis ?? 

Here you go -  it's due to impact of Burckle Crater. A large asteriod / comet which was 29km in diameter, that could kill quarter of world's population smashed into Indian Ocean producing mega Tsunami of 600 feet high. 

        This impacted Indian Ocean around 3000–2800 BCE (around 5000 years ago). This has hit the ocean floor with subsequent mega tsunamis for 4000 years and it was the major reason for the mysterious collapse of major civilization in Asia and Europe during that time period. The waves carried huge amount of sedimentation to the land. Currently, this is lying 12,500 feet below the surface in Indian Ocean. 

     Based on some of the Tamil literatures, Second Tamizh Sangam of kumari kandam was destroyed and submerged by a meteorite impact. So, it is evident from Burckle crater that the event of mega tsunamis and flood were common in all these coastlines. 

       

 This crater has triggered many tsunamis and destruction of land along the coastal lines of India. One of the major such event is destruction and submergence of ancient city Dwaraka. Dwarka was also destroyed by mega Tsunami caused by the impact of this crater in Indian Ocean. Submergence of Dwarka and submergence of Kapatapuram has happened during the same time period 1500 - 2000 BCE, i.e 4000 years before (at the end of Dwapara Yuga).

    Unfortunately, the Early Pandyan capitals Thenmadurai and Kapatapuram, were violently hit by successive tsunamis and engulfed by the sea. The first Tamil Sangam functioned at Thenmadurai, the second at Kapatapuram, the third and the last sangam at the modern Madurai.

        Therefore, the Pandyas have  shifted their capitals first from the Thenmadurai to Kapatapuram and then from Kapatapuram to the present- day Madurai. As a result of this shifting, the Pandyas had three capital cities-Thenmadurai, Kapatapuram and modern Madurai and consequently by the assembly of poets also met in the Pandyan courts in these three places, which leads to the formation of three Tamizh Sangams.  

--To be continued...

- Aarthi Thiyagarajan