Thanjavur Nayak Dynasty | |||||||||||
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1532–1673 | |||||||||||
Capital | Thanjavur | ||||||||||
Common languages | Telugu, Tamil | ||||||||||
Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
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History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1532 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1673 | ||||||||||
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The Thanjavur Nayak dynasty (or Thanjavur Nayak kingdom) were the rulers of Thanjavur in the 15th and 17th centuries.[1] The Nayaks, who belonged to the Telugu-speaking Balija social group[2] were originally appointed as provincial governors by the Vijayanagara Emperor in the 15th century, who divided the territory into Nayak kingdoms which were Madurai, Tanjore, Gingee and Kalahasthi. In the mid-15th century they became an independent kingdom, although they continued their alliance with the Vijayanagara Empire.[3] The Thanjavur Nayaks were notable for their patronage of literature and the arts.[4][5][6]
The Nayak kings of Madura and Tanjore were Balijas , traders by caste
The successors of the Vijayanagar empire, the Nayaks of Madura and Tanjore, were Balija Naidus
.... in the seventeenth century, when warriors/traders from the Balija caste acquired kingship of the southern kingdoms of Madurai and Tanjavur.
..... in the Tamil country, where Telugu Balija families had established local Nāyaka states (in Senji, Tanjavur, Madurai, and elsewhere) in the course of the sixteenth century.
....It is told that the Nayak Kings of Madurai and Tanjore were Balijas , who had marital relations among themselves and with the Vijaya Nagara rulers
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