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Sembiyan Mahadevi

Queen of Gandaraditya and mother of Uttama Chola; outlived her husband by several decades and became one of the most prolific temple builders and patrons in Chola history, commemorated in numerous inscriptions across the Kaveri delta

Relationships

Spouse
Gandaraditya
Children
Uttama Chola

Introduction

Queen of Gandaraditya and mother of Uttama Chola; outlived her husband by several decades and became one of the most prolific temple builders and patrons in Chola history, commemorated in numerous inscriptions across the Kaveri delta

Family


This article records a figure from the medieval Chola and Pandya dynasties of Tamilakam (9th-14th century CE), reconstructed primarily from temple and copper-plate inscriptions rather than a single continuous chronicle. Where a genealogical claim could not be confirmed against reliable inscriptional or scholarly sources, it has been left unrecorded rather than guessed, as noted in the individual entries.

Sources

  1. The Colas (scholarly)
  2. Multiple Chola-era temple inscriptions across the Thanjavur/Kaveri delta region recording her donations (primary text)

This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.