The Muttaraiyara were a line of powerful chiefs and were for a long time feudatory to the Pallavas, rulling over portions of the Tanjore and Tirchinopoly districts and of the former Pudukkottai State. "The centre of their power was somewhere in the districts of Tanjore, Sendalai, at present a small village near Tirukkattupalli, appears once to have been a flourishing town with the beautiful name Candralekha, and either this place or Niyamam in its neighbourhood was most probably the centre of Muttaraiya rule." As their territory lay between the Pandya and Pallava empires, they were involved in almost all the contests between the two powers. Their subordination was of great assistance to the Pallavas not only in their struggle againt the Pandyas but also in holding the Cholas under subjection.

Perumbidugu Muttaraiyan alias Kuvavan Maran (c.A.D. 655-c.680)
Ilangovadiyariyan alias Maran Paramesvaran (c A.D. 680-c.705)
Perumbidugu Muttaraiyan II alias Suvaran Maran (c.A.D. 705-c.745)
Videlvidugu Vilupperadi-Araisan alias Sattan Maran (c.A.C. 745-c.770)
MArppidugu alias Peradiaraiyan (c.A.D. 770-791)
Videlvidugu Muttaraiyan alias Kuvan Sattan (c.A.D. 791-c.826)
Sattan Paliyili (c.A.d. 826-c.851)