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In India, the maintenance of an empire along with religion and art depended to a great extent not only on the loyalty of the rulers but also the ruled. This is true in the case of South Indian empires more particularly to the rulers of Tamil Nadu. The Muttariyars who ruled the regions of the parts of present Pudukkottai, Thanjavur and Trichy districts for nearly six centuries, that is from 6th century A.D. to 1lth  century A.D. were one of the illustrious rulers of South Indian history/From their inscription, the Muttaraiyars were closely associated with ancient Tamil Nadu politics. They served as an appendage of some imperial powers. The dynastic struggle of the pallavas, the Cholas and the Pandyas were in one way or other influenced their region particularly in the field of religion and art.

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