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Pandya Empire

1216 CE 1323 CE
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New SEA  in_pandya_emp_3
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1310 CE 1591 CE Jaffna (sl_jaffa_k)    [None]

Displayed: 1250 CE

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  General Description   “The Pandyan dynasty and the goddess Minakshi serve as excellent examples of the Dravidian model of kingship and of the Sankritization process. The royal Pandyan dynasty is mentioned in texts dating from the fourth century BCE and the dynastic title lasted, in one form or another through a series of families, for about 1,500 years. They were based in the dry upland interior of the Tamil-speaking region. While the Pandyans did not customarily build dams, they developed a distinctive technology of two specific types of piston valves to control water flow from the reservoir sluices.” [1]

[1]: (Fisher 2018, 74) Fisher, Michael H. 2018. An Environmental History of India: From Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/7F5SEVNA/items/MIEG8XAK/collection

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General Variables
Identity and Location Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Utm Zone 44 P Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Original Name Pandya Empire Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Capital Madurai Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Temporal Bounds Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Peak Years [1250 CE ➜ 1272 CE] Confident
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Duration [1216 CE ➜ 1323 CE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Succeeding Entity InDehl* Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Relationship to Preceding Entity continuity Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Preceding Entity
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Succeeding Entity
1310 CE 1591 CE
Jaffna (sl_jaffa_k)   [None]  Confident
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Degree of Centralization nominal Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Language Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Linguistic Family Dravidian Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Language Tamil Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Religion Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Religious Tradition Hinduism Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Religious Tradition Jainism Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Religion Family Saivite Hinduism Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Hierarchical Complexity Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Settlement Hierarchy 4 Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Administrative Level 5 Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Professions Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Law Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Professional Lawyer Absent Inferred 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Market Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Irrigation System Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Symbolic Building Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Road Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Special Purpose Site Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Ceremonial Site Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Information / Writing System Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Written Record Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Script Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Non Phonetic Writing Absent Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Sacred Text Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Religious Literature Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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History Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Information / Money Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Information / Postal System Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Information / Measurement System Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Military use of Metals Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Projectiles Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Handheld weapons Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Animals used in warfare Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Armor Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Naval technology Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life Absent Inferred 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers Present Confident 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain Absent Inferred 1216 CE  1323 CE
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Human Sacrifice Pandya Empire (in_pandya_emp_3)
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