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Which epic contain mention of the ancient Indian kingdoms like cher, Pandya, and chola?​

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The Pandya dynasty, also known as the Pandyas of Madurai, was a dynasty of south India, one of the three famous Tamil lineages, the other two being the Chola and the Chera.[5] The dynasty passed through two periods of imperial dominance, the 6th to 10th centuries CE, and under the 'Later Pandyas' (13th to 14th centuries CE). The Pandyas ruled extensive territories, at times including the large portions of present-day south India and Sri Lanka through collateral branches subject to Madurai.[6][7]

The rulers of the three Tamil dynasties were referred to as the "three crowned rulers (the mu-ventar) of the Tamil country".[5][8] The age and the antiquity of the Pandya dynasty are difficult to establish.[7] The early Pandya chieftains ruled their country (the Pandya nadu) from time immemorial, which included the inland city of Madurai and the southern port of Korkai.[9][10] The Pandyas are celebrated in the earliest available Tamil poetry ("the Sangam literature").[7] Graeco-Roman accounts (as early as 4th century BCE[7]), the edicts of Maurya emperor Asoka, coins with legends in Tamil-Brahmi script, and Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions suggest the continuity of the Pandya dynasty from the 3rd century BCE to the early centuries CE.[11][12][9] The early historic Pandyas faded into obscurity upon the rise of the Kalabhra dynasty in south India.[13]

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