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Nedunjeliyan I
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| Nedunjeliyan I | |||||
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| Pandyan Ruler | |||||
| Reign | c. 270 BCE | ||||
| Predecessor | unknown | ||||
| Successor | Pudappandiyan | ||||
| Spouse | Kopperundevi | ||||
| Issue | Pudappandiyan | ||||
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| House | Pandyan | ||||
| Religion | Saivism[citation needed] | ||||
| Pandya dynasty | ||
| Early Pandya polity | ||
| Koon Pandiyan | ||
| Pudappandiyan | ||
| Mudukudumi Paruvaludhi | ||
| Nedunjeliyan I | ||
| Nedunjeliyan II | ||
| Nan Maran | ||
| Nedunjeliyan III | ||
| Maran Valudi | ||
| Kadalan Valuthi | ||
| Musiri Mutriya Cheliyan | ||
| Ukkirap Peruvaludi | ||
| Early Medieval Pandyas | ||
| Kadungon (c. 590–620)/(c. 560–590) | ||
| Maravarman Avanichulamani (c. 620–645)/(c. 590–620) | ||
| Cheliyan Chendan (c. 654–670)/(c. 620–650) | ||
| Arikesari Maravarman (Parankusan) (c. 670–700)/(c. 650–700) |
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| Ko Chadaiyan Ranadhira (c. 700–730) | ||
| Maravarman Rajasimha I (c. 730–765)/(c. 730–768) | ||
| Jatila Parantaka Nedunjadaiyan/ Varaguna I (c. 756–815)/(c. 768–815) |
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| Srimara Srivallabha (c. 815–862) | ||
| Varaguna II (c. 862–880)/(c. 862–885) | ||
| Parantaka Viranarayana (c. 880–900)/(c. 860–905) | ||
| Maravarman Rajasimha II (c. 900–920)/(c. 905–920) | ||
Nedunjcheliyan I (r. c. 270 BCE) (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a Pandya king. He has been given the title Aariya Padai kadantha Nedunjezhiya Pandiyan (A Pandyan King, who defeated the Ariya troops).[citation needed]
According to epigraphist S. Ramachandran it was Nedunchezhian, who is referred to in Purananuru as Ariya padai kadanda Nedunchezhian and Ariya referred to Kharvela. Kharavela’s army have marched up to Madurai. Nedunchezhian managed the crisis, gave many gifts to Kharavela, and averted the threat to his throne. The Brahmi inscription in Mangulam, mentions a Pandya King called Nedunchezhian. The inscription is dated to 2nd century BCE. This Nedunchezhian was probably the one who ruled in Madurai in Kharavela’s time.[1]
His name is present in the Mangulam inscriptions of 3rd century BCE. The inscriptions mentions that workers of Nedunchezhiyan I, a Pandyan king of Sangam period, (c. 270 BCE) made stone beds for Jain monks.[2]
In popular culture[edit]
Nedunjcheliyan I was also the Pandya king of the epic Silappatikaram authored by the Sangam poet Ilango Adigal who later died of a broken heart along with his queen consort Kopperundevi.[3][4]
He is portrayed by O. A. K. Thevar in the film Poompuhar (1964).
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Kulke, Hermann; Rothermund, Dietmar (2004). A History of India. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-32919-4.
- ↑ Umamaheshwari, R. (25 January 2018). Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation. Springer. ISBN 978-81-322-3756-3.
- ↑ Umamaheshwari, R. (25 January 2018). Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation. Springer. ISBN 978-81-322-3756-3.
- ↑ Mahadevan, Iravatham (2003). Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01227-1.
References[edit]
- Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. p. 115.
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