ජිංජී නායක්වරු
ජිංජී නායක්වරු (සෙංජි නායක්වරු) යනුවෙන් හැඳින්වෙන්නේ ක්‍රි.ව. 16වන සිට 18වන සියවස දක්වා තමිල් නාඩුවේ ජිංජී කුමාරධානිය පාලනය කළ පාලකයෝ ය. They were subordinates of the imperial Vijayanagara emperors, and were appointed as provincial governors by the Vijayanagar Emperor who divided the Tamil country into three Nayakships viz., Madurai, Tanjore and Gingee. Later, after the fall of the Vijayanagara's Tuluva dynasty, the Gingee rulers declared independence. While they ruled independently, they were sometimes at war with the Tanjore neighbors and the Vijayanagara overlords later based in Vellore and Chandragiri.

See also
 Madurai Nayak dynasty
 Thanjavur Nayak kingdom

References

External links
 Epigrāphiya Karnāṭaka (5,1): Hassan district 1: Hassan, Belur, Channarayapattana, Hole-Nasipur, Arkalgud, Manjavabad, Arsikere Taluks. Available from: http://idb.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/diglit/EC_05_1_1902/0929

Bibliography

Further reading
Questioning Ramayanas – by Paula Richman
Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman. Classical Telugu poetry: an anthology, Page 63.
B. S. Baliga. Tamil Nadu district gazetteers, page 427.

ඉන්දියාවේ රාජවංශ
Telugu people
Hindu monarchs
Telugu monarchs
Tamil monarchs
Tamil Nadu under the Vijayanagar Empire
1509 establishments in Asia