Ilamchetchenni

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{use Indian English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox royalty | image = | succession = Chola King | title = Cerup - paali-Yerinta - ilancedcenni (Destroyer of Seruppali )<ref>{{cite book |last=Sivaraja Pillai |first=K. N. |title=The Chronology of the Early Tamils |publisher=University of Madras |year=1932 |page=120 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.188384/page/120/mode/1up }}</ref> | reign = {{Circa|501 BCE}} – 470 BCE | predecessor = | successor = Karikala | birth_place = Uraiyur, Chola Kingdom<br/>(now in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India) | death_date = {{Circa|470 BCE}} | queen = Alundur | dynasty = Chola | death_place = Puhar, Chola Kingdom (now Poombuhar, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India) | issue = Karikala | religion = Shaivism }} {{Chola history}} '''Ilamchetchenni''' (''Iḷamcēṭceṉṉi''; {{IPA|ta|iɭəmt͡ɕeːt͡ɕːsen̪ːi|}} {{Circa|501 BCE}} தமிழ் : இளஞ்சேட்சென்னி) was an early Tamil king of the Chola dynasty during the Sangam period. He was a great warrior and ruled the Chola kingdom with Uraiyur as the capital. He married a Velir princess from Alundur and their child was Karikala Chola.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Heritage of the Tamils|author=Ca. Vē Cuppiramaṇiyan̲, Ka. Ta Tirunāvukkaracu|publisher=International Institute of Tamil Studies, 1983 – Tamil (Indic people) – 672 pages|page=254}}</ref> Ilamchetchenni Chola was succeeded by his son, Karikala Chola, who is considered one of the greatest among the Early Cholas.

== Mauryan Invasion<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sastri|first=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg9uAAAAMAAJ|title=The Cōlas|date=1955|publisher=University of Madras|language=en}}</ref> == N.K. Sastri claims that this is the period when the Maurya dynasty established its empire from Persia to southern India. Bindusara, son of Chandragupta Maurya, conquered much of India besides Kalinga and the Cholas. Fragmentary Sangam poems in the ''Purananuru''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sastri|first=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg9uAAAAMAAJ|title=The Cōlas|date=1955|publisher=University of Madras|language=en}}</ref> state that Ilamchetchenni Cholan successfully resisted<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sastri|first=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg9uAAAAMAAJ|title=The Cōlas|date=1955|publisher=University of Madras|language=en}}</ref> unknown Aryan army with chariots invasion in the southern region of the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Krishna Swami Ayyangar |first=S. |url=http://archive.org/details/TheBeginingsOfSouthIndianHistory |title=The Beginings Of South Indian History |date=1918}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/tamilakam-politics-and-history-till-the-sangam-period |title=Tamilakam Politics And History Till The Sangam Period |date=2026-02-08}}</ref> Sastri claims that Ilamchetchenni reigned from 501 BCE to 470 BCE, when the Cholas dominated the Chera and Pandya dynasties.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sastri|first=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg9uAAAAMAAJ|title=The Cōlas|date=1955|publisher=University of Madras|language=en}}</ref>

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

== References == * Mudaliar, A.S, Abithana Chintamani (1931), Reprinted 1984 Asian Educational Services, New Delhi. * Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1935). The CōĻas, University of Madras, Madras (Reprinted 1984). * Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1955). A History of South India, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002).

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