Madurai through time

Theme 8d · 300 BCE to 300 CE, with the Megalithic phase from 1200 BCE

The Sangam age

Capital of the Pandya kingdom and seat of the Sangam assembly; still a major city

Theme 12e · 575 to 1279 CE

South India: Pallavas, Pandyas, Cholas

The Pandya capital; the Minakshi temple is Pandya in origin, Nayaka in most of its present structure

Theme 12f · 600 to 1200 CE

Bhakti in the south and beyond

The Pandya capital; Manikkavacakar was minister to a Pandya king