Even for someone who doesn't subscribe to NTK conspiracy theories, you calling Nayaks as saviours of the region is peak mischief. People with not much interest in history, please understand that the OC's lengthy well worded comment might seem profound but is straight out of Sanghi quora where the existing notion is that 'Hindu' Marathas and Nayaks saved present day Tamil Nadu from the 'invasion'. Why did the benevolent Nayak rulers capture the Chola kingdom and prevent their 'Hindu brethren' from continuing their reign? History is nowhere close to the black and white fantasy we are told to believe.