

At the end of the 11 th century, Tamil Nadu was ruled by several dynasties like the Chalukyas, Cholas and Pandyas. The last Pallava ruler was Aparajita, in whose reign the later Cholas under Vijayalaya and Aditya asserted themselves by about the 10 th century.

They were the originators of the famous Dravidian style of temple architecture. The Pallavas held supremacy from about the second quarter of the fourth century A.D. The southern states of India were under the hegemony of the Cholas, the Cheras and the Pandyas for centuries. Though early sangam classics throw historical references, we pass to recorded history only from the Pallavas.

The State of Tamil Nadu has a hoary antiquity.
