The pilgrim town on Pamban island, with the Ramanathaswamy temple (see the religious record), the ferry across the Pamban channel and the Dhanushkodi tip at the head of Adam's Bridge, from which the shoals run to Talaimannar in Lanka.
A claimant or a mercenary company going to Lanka takes the boat from here or from Tondi. Sinhalese kings give to the temple.
Who holds it
- Name
- The temple managers under the Pandya king; the Maravar chiefs of the Ramnad coast hold the road to it
- Title
- see the lord or tenant line below
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
The temple managers under the Pandya king; the Maravar chiefs of the Ramnad coast hold the road to it
How things stand that morning
A pilgrim town of the Pandya coast.
Places of note
- Dhanushkodi: Tip of the island at the head of Adam's Bridge.
Where the sources disagree
- The English Wikipedia credits both Parakramabahu I and Nissanka Malla with work on the temple; see the religious record.
Evidence: Short secondary sources only; no dated record of the person or office for 1200.
Primary sources for Pandya kingdom
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Lesser Chronicle (the continuation of the Mahavamsa), Dhammakitti and later monks of the Mahavihara tradition (the first continuation about the 13th century (chapters 37 to 79), carried on in stages to the 18th century). The only narrative source for Lanka in 1200. Read online
- Epigraphia Carnatica: inscriptions of the Mysore country, Various (Hoysala chancery and temple scribes), edited by B. Lewis Rice and R. Narasimhachar (inscriptions of the 4th to 19th centuries; the series ran from 1886 to 1905, revised from 1972). The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II (reigning 1173 to 1220) is documented almost wholly by the inscriptions in this series, arranged by district and taluk with full English translations. Read online
- Epigraphia Zeylanica: lithic and other inscriptions of Ceylon, Various (the Polonnaruwa kings' chanceries), edited by D. M. de Zilva Wickremasinghe, H. W. Codrington and S. Paranavitana (inscriptions of the 3rd century BC to the 18th century; the series ran from 1904). Prints with translation the stone records of the Polonnaruwa kings who held or lost the throne around 1200. Read online
- South Indian Inscriptions (Archaeological Survey of India), Various (Chola, Pandya and other chanceries and temple scribes), edited by E. Hultzsch, V. Venkayya, H. Krishna Sastri and successors (inscriptions of the 7th to 17th centuries; the series ran from 1890). The temple inscriptions printed here are the primary record of the Tamil country in 1200. Read online
- Travancore Archaeological Series, Various (Kerala chiefs, temples and merchant guilds), edited by T. A. Gopinatha Rao, K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer and A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar (inscriptions of the 9th to 18th centuries; the series ran from 1910 to 1938). The main corpus for the Kerala coast. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.