Pandya Nadu is a region of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The region encompasses the southern part of the state, including Kanyakumari, Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, and Virudhunagar districts. The main cultural and political center of the region is Madurai, which served as the capital of the Pandya kings, who established the Pandya kingdom as early as the 6th century BCE. The Pandya Kingdom persisted until the 14th century, although at times it came under the control of other Tamil dynasties, such as the Cholas and the Pallavas. Pandya Nadu was involved in the Indian Ocean trade between western and eastern Asia, and had close cultural, economic, and political ties to Kerala and Sri Lanka. In the 15th century, the region came under the control of the Vijayanagara Empire. after the collapse of the empire in the 16th century, the Vijayanagara governors, called Nayaks, asserted their independence, and the Nayaks of Madurai ruled the region until the British conquest in the 17th and 18th centuries, when it was integrated into Madras Presidency. After Indian independence in 1947, Madras Presidency became Madras State, later renamed Tamil Nadu. What follows is a list of unofficial, or quasi-official regions of India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Kanyakumari is a town and a cape at the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula. ... Madurai (மதுரை in Tamil) is situated on the banks of river Vaigai in Tamil Nadu, a southern Indian state. ... Ramanathapuram is an administrative district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. ... Sivaganga is a town in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... Thoothukudi Ancient port of Tuticorin (தூத்துக்குடி in Tamil) also known as Tuticorin is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu, India[1] .The city is also known as Pearl City. It is a port city which serve as the sea route for the trade zones of southern Tamilnadu , such... Tirunelveli is a city in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... Virudhunagar is an administrative district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. ... Madurai (மதுரை in Tamil) is situated on the banks of river Vaigai in Tamil Nadu, a southern Indian state. ... The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient state at the tip of South India, founded around the 6th century BCE. It was part of the Dravidian cultural area, which also comprised other kingdoms such as that of the Pallava, the Chera, the Chola, the Chalukya and the Vijayanagara. ... (7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC - other centuries) (600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Cyrus the Great conquered many... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... The Cholas were the most famous of the three dynasties that ruled ancient Tamil Nadu. ... The Pallavas were hereditary Hindu rulers who dominated southeastern India between the 4th and 9th centuries. ... Kerala is bounded by the Arabian Sea on the west and the Western Ghats on the east. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Music stubs ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...