Ilamchetchenni

Ilamchetchenni
Chola King
Successor	Karikala Chola

Issue	Karikala Chola
Dynasty	Chola

List of Chola kings

Early Cholas

Interregnum (c. 200 – c. 848)

Medieval Cholas

Vijayalaya Chola	848–891(?)
Aditya Chola I	891–907
Parantaka Chola I	907–950
Gandaraditya Chola	950–957
Arinjaya Chola	956–957
Sundara Chola	957–970
Aditya Chola II	(co-regent)
Uttama Chola	970–985
Rajaraja Chola I	985–1014
Rajendra Chola I	1012–1044
Rajadhiraja Chola	1044–1054
Rajendra Chola II	1054–1063
Virarajendra Chola	1063–1067
Athirajendra Chola	1067–1070

Later Cholas

Kulothunga Chola I	1070–1120
Vikrama Chola	1118–1135
Kulothunga Chola II	1133–1150
Rajaraja Chola II	1146–1173
Rajadhiraja Chola II	1166–1178
Kulothunga Chola III	1178–1218
Rajaraja Chola III	1216–1256
Rajendra Chola III	1246–1279

Chola society

Ilamchetchenni (Iḷamcēṭceṉṉi; IPA: [iɭəmt͡ɕeːt͡ɕːsen̪ːi]; also spelt Ilanchetchenni) was an early Tamil king of the Chola dynasty during the Sangam period. He was a great warrior and ruled the Chola kingdom with Puhar as the capital. He married a princess of the Velirs and their child was Karikala Chola. Ilamchetchenni was succeeded by his son, Karikala Chola, who is considered the greatest among the Early Cholas.

Claims

N.K. Sastri claims that this is the period where Magadha dynasty had established its empire from Persia to southern India. Bindusara, son of Chandragupta Maurya, conquered almost the whole of India except Kalinga and Cholas. It is also mentioned that Ilanchetcheni had a good relation with Bindusara. But fragmentary poems of Sangam in the Purananuru states that, Ilamcetcenni successfully resisted the exploration of Mauryas down the southern region of the Indian subcontinent. Also Sastri claims that his period of reign is 301 BCE – 270 BCE and Cholas overpowered Cheras and Pandiyas at this time.

V. Gurunathan rejected these claims as inflated, because there is no Purananuru verse which states the relationship or war between Cholas and Mauryas.^[1]

Notes

↑ முனைவர் V. Gurunathan (2001). History of Sangam Era. Thanjavur - 613005: Thanjavur University.

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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