Kalki's three histrorical novels of ponniyin selvan, parthiban kanavu and sivakamiyin sabatham has a healthy mix of real and imaginary charecters. even the real charecters have been twisted and twirled to suit the creativity of Kalki. if we could list the real historical charecters in these novels we could discuss them in detail subsequently.
mahendra pallavan his wife( is she mentioned anywhere?) narasimhan his wife the pandyan princess(is she mentioned anywhere?) nedumaran mangayarkarasi pulikesi huen tsang- the chinese traveller paranjothi his wife - thiruvengattu nangai