Nalankilli

Nalankilli
நலங்கிள்ளி
Nalankilli Chola
Reignc. 418 BCE[1]
PredecessorNedunkilli
SuccessorKillivalavan
Bornc. 445 BCE[2]
Diedc. 380 BCE[3]
Ilavandigaippalli, Tamilakam[4][5] (modern-day Tamil Nadu)
FatherKarikala Chola

Nalankilli (Tamil: நலங்கிள்ளி; Middle Tamil: Nālankilli Cōḻaṉ; Classical Sanskrit: Nālankilli Cōla; c. 445 BCE[2][6]c. 380 BCE[3]) was one of the Tamil kings of Early Cholas of the Chola Dynasty who ruled Tamilakam[4] (Modern day Southern India) and was mentioned in the ancient Sangam Literature. He was the son of Karikala Chola the Great. Nalankilli was mentioned in context with a civil war between him and another Chola king Nedunkilli. The information known about him are from the fragmentary stanzas of Purananuru and Manimekalai.

  1. ^ Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar.
  2. ^ a b Sastri, p 216
  3. ^ a b Sastri, p 218
  4. ^ a b Iyengar, P. T. Srinivasa (1 January 1929). History of the Tamils from the Earliest Times to 600 A.D. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120601451.
  5. ^ Purananuru – 277
  6. ^ Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar.

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