Kadungon

Most historians, including R. C. Majumdar, state the period of Kadungon rule as 590–620 CE.^[4][5][6][7]

• K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (the first assumption) — c. 600–620 CE^[8]
• K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (revised date) — c. 590–620 CE^[9]
• Noboru Karashima — c. 560–90 CE^[10] (or) c. 590–620 CE^[11]

The Sangam literature mentions the early Pandya dynasty, which is believed to have gone into obscurity during the Kalabhra interregnum. The last known king of this dynasty was Ugrapperuvaludi.^[12]

Kadungon is the next known Pandyan king.^[12] Not much information is available about him.^[13] Most of the knowledge about him comes from the Velvikudi inscription of the Pandya king Parantaka Nedunchadaiyan (also Nedunjadaiyan or Nedunchezhiyan). According to this inscription, Kadungon defeated several petty chieftains and destroyed "the bright cities of unbending foes".^[3][14] It describes him as the one who liberated the Pandya country from the Kalabhras and emerged as a "resplendent sun from the dark clouds of the Kalabhras".^[15] His defeat of Kalabhras (who were probably JainsorBuddhists) was hailed as the triumph of Shaivism.^[16]

• K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (1929). The Pandyan Kingdom. London: Luzac and Company.
• Noburu Karashima, ed. (2014). A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
• K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (1958). A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. Madras: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-560686-7.
• N. Subrahmanian (1994) [1962]. History of Tamilnad (To A. D. 1336). Madurai: Koodal. OCLC 43502446. Retrieved 13 August 2016. Available online