Nedunjeliyan I - Revision history

2401:4900:9240:F77:430:E1FF:FEF5:87D8: Added information from Sangam Polity by N. Subrahmanian (p. 123) regarding the Pandya king Nedunchezhiyan, the fish emblem engraved on the Himalayas, and the poem's reference to the Chera and Chola emblems.

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Added information from Sangam Polity by N. Subrahmanian (p. 123) regarding the Pandya king Nedunchezhiyan, the fish emblem engraved on the Himalayas, and the poem's reference to the Chera and Chola emblems.

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	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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>

	The Silappatikaram describes Yavana soldiers employed by the [[Pandya]] kingdom and stationed at the fortified entrance of [[Madurai]]. In the episode concerning Kovalan's entry into Madurai, the fort gate is described as being guarded by Yavana soldiers. The Government Museum, Chennai, identifies these Yavanas as [[Roman]] soldiers and notes their service in the Pandya palace and fort. The Mullaippāṭṭu also describes Yavana soldiers serving in the army and guarding the king's military camp. These accounts are associated with the period of the Pandya king Neduncheliyan. <ref name="SridharSundararajan2011">{{cite book \|last1=Sridhar \|first1=T. S. \|last2=Sundararajan \|first2=N. \|title=Foreign Coins in the Collection of Government Museum, Chennai (Chinese, Roman & Venetian Coins) \|publisher=Government Museum, Chennai \|series=Bulletin of the Government Museum, Chennai, New Series – General Section \|volume=1 \|year=2011 \|pages=33–34 \|url=https://govtmuseumchennai.org/uploads/topics/16527869178965.pdf}}</ref>		The Silappatikaram describes Yavana soldiers employed by the [[Pandya]] kingdom and stationed at the fortified entrance of [[Madurai]]. In the episode concerning Kovalan's entry into Madurai, the fort gate is described as being guarded by Yavana soldiers. The Government Museum, Chennai, identifies these Yavanas as [[Roman]] soldiers and notes their service in the Pandya palace and fort. The Mullaippāṭṭu also describes Yavana soldiers serving in the army and guarding the king's military camp. These accounts are associated with the period of the Pandya king Neduncheliyan. <ref name="SridharSundararajan2011">{{cite book \|last1=Sridhar \|first1=T. S. \|last2=Sundararajan \|first2=N. \|title=Foreign Coins in the Collection of Government Museum, Chennai (Chinese, Roman & Venetian Coins) \|publisher=Government Museum, Chennai \|series=Bulletin of the Government Museum, Chennai, New Series – General Section \|volume=1 \|year=2011 \|pages=33–34 \|url=https://govtmuseumchennai.org/uploads/topics/16527869178965.pdf}}</ref>

	S. Arunadevi, in History of Sangam Tamils: A Study, notes that [[Roman]] soldiers were enlisted in the armies of certain Pandya rulers and discusses the description of Yavanas in Mullaippāṭṭu, including their distinctive appearance and customs.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Arunadevi \|first=S. \|title=History of Sangam Tamils – A Study \|publisher=Madurai Kamaraj University \|year=2012 \|chapter=Trade and Commerce \|pages=249–265}}</ref>		S. Arunadevi, in History of Sangam Tamils: A Study, notes that [[Roman]] soldiers were enlisted in the armies of certain Pandya rulers and discusses the description of Yavanas in Mullaippāṭṭu, including their distinctive appearance and customs.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Arunadevi \|first=S. \|title=History of Sangam Tamils – A Study \|publisher=Madurai Kamaraj University \|year=2012 \|chapter=Trade and Commerce \|pages=249–265}}</ref>

			The poet Ilango, in a poem concerning the Pandya king Nedunchezhiyan, states that the Pandya king engraved his fish emblem on the rocks of the Himalayas, with the bow and tiger emblems inscribed on either side. The poem further states that these emblems represented the Cheras and the Cholas, respectively, and that the kings represented by these symbols served the Pandya king.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Subrahmanian \|first=N. \|title=Sangam Polity \|publisher=Asia Publishing House \|year=1956 \|page=123 \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111129/page/n146/mode/1up}}</ref>

	== In popular culture ==		== In popular culture ==

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	'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' ({{Reign}} c. 270 BCE) ([[Tamil language\|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).{{cn\|~~date~~=~~July 2021~~}}		'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' ({{Reign}} c. 270 BCE) ([[Tamil language\|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).<ref>{{cite book \|last=Arunadevi \|first=S. \|title=History of Sangam Tamils – A Study \|publisher=Madurai Kamaraj University \|year=2012 \|chapter=Trade and Commerce \|page=126}}</ref>

	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.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPVq3ykHyH4C&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA104&dq=chola+and+kharvela&hl=en\|title=A History of India\|last=Kulke\|first=Hermann\|last2=Rothermund\|first2=Dietmar\|date=2004\|publisher=Psychology Press\|isbn=978-0-415-32919-4\|language=en}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPVq3ykHyH4C&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA104&dq=chola+and+kharvela&hl=en\|title=A History of India\|last=Kulke\|first=Hermann\|last2=Rothermund\|first2=Dietmar\|date=2004\|publisher=Psychology Press\|isbn=978-0-415-32919-4\|language=en}}</ref>

	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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>
			The Silappatikaram describes Yavana soldiers employed by the [[Pandya]] kingdom and stationed at the fortified entrance of [[Madurai]]. In the episode concerning Kovalan's entry into Madurai, the fort gate is described as being guarded by Yavana soldiers. The Government Museum, Chennai, identifies these Yavanas as [[Roman]] soldiers and notes their service in the Pandya palace and fort. The Mullaippāṭṭu also describes Yavana soldiers serving in the army and guarding the king's military camp. These accounts are associated with the period of the Pandya king Neduncheliyan. <ref name="SridharSundararajan2011">{{cite book \|last1=Sridhar \|first1=T. S. \|last2=Sundararajan \|first2=N. \|title=Foreign Coins in the Collection of Government Museum, Chennai (Chinese, Roman & Venetian Coins) \|publisher=Government Museum, Chennai \|series=Bulletin of the Government Museum, Chennai, New Series – General Section \|volume=1 \|year=2011 \|pages=33–34 \|url=https://govtmuseumchennai.org/uploads/topics/16527869178965.pdf}}</ref>

			S. Arunadevi, in History of Sangam Tamils: A Study, notes that [[Roman]] soldiers were enlisted in the armies of certain Pandya rulers and discusses the description of Yavanas in Mullaippāṭṭu, including their distinctive appearance and customs.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Arunadevi \|first=S. \|title=History of Sangam Tamils – A Study \|publisher=Madurai Kamaraj University \|year=2012 \|chapter=Trade and Commerce \|pages=249–265}}</ref>


	== In popular culture ==		== In popular culture ==

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	\| religion = [[~~Saivism~~]]{{cn\|date=November 2021}}		\| religion = [[Jainism]]{{cn\|date=November 2021}}
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	'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' ({{Reign}} c. 270 BCE) ([[Tamil language\|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).{{cn\|date=July 2021}}		'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' ({{Reign}} c. 270 BCE) ([[Tamil language\|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).{{cn\|date=July 2021}}

			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.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPVq3ykHyH4C&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA104&dq=chola+and+kharvela&hl=en\|title=A History of India\|last=Kulke\|first=Hermann\|last2=Rothermund\|first2=Dietmar\|date=2004\|publisher=Psychology Press\|isbn=978-0-415-32919-4\|language=en}}</ref>

	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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>

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	\| religion = [[Saivism]]		\| religion = [[Saivism]]{{cn\|date=November 2021}}
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	'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' (c. 270 BCE) (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a [[Pandya]] king. He has been given ~~with~~ the title '''Aariya Padai kadantha Nedunjezhiya Pandiyan''' (A Pandyan King, who defeated the ~~Aryan intrusion~~).{{cn\|date=July 2021}} Nedunjcheliyan I was also the Pandya king of the epic ''[[Silappatikaram]]'' authored by [[Tamil Great Poet]] [[Ilango Adigal]] who later died of a [[broken heart]] along with his queen consort Kopperundevi.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mahadevan\|first=Iravatham\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZBkAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&q=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en\|title=Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.\|date=2003\|publisher=Harvard University Press\|isbn=978-0-674-01227-1\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' ({{Reign}} c. 270 BCE) ([[Tamil language\|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).{{cn\|date=July 2021}}

	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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&~~newbks~~=~~0&printsec=frontcover~~&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>

			== In popular culture ==
			Nedunjcheliyan I was also the Pandya king of the epic ''[[Silappatikaram]]'' authored by the [[Sangam literature\|Sangam]] poet [[Ilango Adigal]] who later died of a [[broken heart]] along with his queen consort Kopperundevi.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Umamaheshwari \|first=R. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43 \|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation \|date=2018-01-25 \|publisher=Springer \|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Mahadevan \|first=Iravatham \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZBkAAAAMAAJ&q=Mangulam+inscription+jain \|title=Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. \|date=2003 \|publisher=Harvard University Press \|isbn=978-0-674-01227-1 \|language=en}}</ref>

			He is portrayed by [[O. A. K. Thevar]] in the film [[Poompuhar (film)\|Poompuhar]] (1964).

	==See also==		==See also==

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	\| succession = 1st [[Pandyan dynasty\|Pandyan Ruler]]		\| image =
	\| reign = 270 BCE		\| image_size = 220
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	\| successor = Pudappandiyan		\| reign = {{circa\|270 BCE}}
	\| issue = Pudappandiyan		\| predecessor = unknown
	\| spouse = Kopperundevi		\| successor = Pudappandiyan
	\| full name = Aariyap Padai Kadantha Nedunj Cheliyan		\| issue = Pudappandiyan
	\| house = [[Pandyan dynasty\|Pandyan]]		\| spouse = Kopperundevi
	\|religion=[[Saivism]]}}		\| full name = Aariyap Padai Kadantha Nedunj Cheliyan
			\| house = [[Pandyan dynasty\|Pandyan]]
			\| religion = [[Saivism]]
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	'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' (c. 270 BCE) (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a [[Pandya]] king. He has been given with the title '''Aariya Padai kadantha Nedunjezhiya Pandiyan''' (A Pandyan King, who defeated the Aryan intrusion). Nedunjcheliyan I was also the Pandya king of the epic ''[[Silappatikaram]]'' authored by [[Tamil Great Poet]] [[Ilango Adigal]] who later died of a [[broken heart]] along with his queen consort Kopperundevi.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mahadevan\|first=Iravatham\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZBkAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&q=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en\|title=Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.\|date=2003\|publisher=Harvard University Press\|isbn=978-0-674-01227-1\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' (c. 270 BCE) (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a [[Pandya]] king. He has been given with the title '''Aariya Padai kadantha Nedunjezhiya Pandiyan''' (A Pandyan King, who defeated the Aryan intrusion).{{cn\|date=July 2021}} Nedunjcheliyan I was also the Pandya king of the epic ''[[Silappatikaram]]'' authored by [[Tamil Great Poet]] [[Ilango Adigal]] who later died of a [[broken heart]] along with his queen consort Kopperundevi.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mahadevan\|first=Iravatham\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZBkAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&q=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en\|title=Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.\|date=2003\|publisher=Harvard University Press\|isbn=978-0-674-01227-1\|language=en}}</ref>

	His name is present in the [[Mangulam]] inscriptions of 3rd century BCE. The inscriptions mentions that workers of ''~~[[Nedunjeliyan I\|~~Nedunchezhiyan I]]'', a [[Pandyan]] king of Sangam period, (c. 270 BCE) made stone beds for Jain monks.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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| reign = 270 BCE
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| successor = Pudappandiyan
| issue = Pudappandiyan
| spouse = Kopperundevi
| full name = Aariyap Padai Kadantha Nedunj Cheliyan
| house = [[Pandyan dynasty|Pandyan]]
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{{Pandyan}}
'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' (c. 270 BCE) (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a [[Pandya]] king. He has been given with the title '''Aariya Padai kadantha Nedunjezhiya Pandiyan''' (A Pandyan King, who defeated the Aryan intrusion). Nedunjcheliyan I was also the Pandya king of the epic ''[[Silappatikaram]]'' authored by [[Tamil Great Poet]] [[Ilango Adigal]] who later died of a [[broken heart]] along with his queen consort Kopperundevi.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Umamaheshwari|first=R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation|date=2018-01-25|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Mahadevan|first=Iravatham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZBkAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&q=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en|title=Early Tamil Epigraphy from the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.|date=2003|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-01227-1|language=en}}</ref>

His name is present in the [[Mangulam]] inscriptions of 3rd century BCE. The inscriptions mentions that workers of ''[[Nedunjeliyan I|Nedunchezhiyan I]]'', a [[Pandyan]] king of Sangam period, (c. 270 BCE) made stone beds for Jain monks.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Umamaheshwari|first=R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation|date=2018-01-25|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Sangam poets]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book|title=[[A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar]]|first=K. A. Nilakanta|last=Sastri|authorlink=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri|page=115}}

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	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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Umamaheshwari\|first=R.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRxJDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&pg=PA43\|title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation\|date=2018-01-25\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-81-322-3756-3\|language=en}}</ref>

	The Silappatikaram describes Yavana soldiers employed by the [[Pandya]] kingdom and stationed at the fortified entrance of [[Madurai]]. In the episode concerning Kovalan's entry into Madurai, the fort gate is described as being guarded by Yavana soldiers. The Government Museum, Chennai, identifies these Yavanas as [[Roman]] soldiers and notes their service in the Pandya palace and fort. The Mullaippāṭṭu also describes Yavana soldiers serving in the army and guarding the king's military camp. These accounts are associated with the period of the Pandya king Neduncheliyan. <ref name="SridharSundararajan2011">{{cite book \|last1=Sridhar \|first1=T. S. \|last2=Sundararajan \|first2=N. \|title=Foreign Coins in the Collection of Government Museum, Chennai (Chinese, Roman & Venetian Coins) \|publisher=Government Museum, Chennai \|series=Bulletin of the Government Museum, Chennai, New Series – General Section \|volume=1 \|year=2011 \|pages=33–34 \|url=https://govtmuseumchennai.org/uploads/topics/16527869178965.pdf}}</ref>		The Silappatikaram describes Yavana soldiers employed by the [[Pandya]] kingdom and stationed at the fortified entrance of [[Madurai]]. In the episode concerning Kovalan's entry into Madurai, the fort gate is described as being guarded by Yavana soldiers. The Government Museum, Chennai, identifies these Yavanas as [[Roman]] soldiers and notes their service in the Pandya palace and fort. The Mullaippāṭṭu also describes Yavana soldiers serving in the army and guarding the king's military camp. These accounts are associated with the period of the Pandya king Neduncheliyan. <ref name="SridharSundararajan2011">{{cite book \|last1=Sridhar \|first1=T. S. \|last2=Sundararajan \|first2=N. \|title=Foreign Coins in the Collection of Government Museum, Chennai (Chinese, Roman & Venetian Coins) \|publisher=Government Museum, Chennai \|series=Bulletin of the Government Museum, Chennai, New Series – General Section \|volume=1 \|year=2011 \|pages=33–34 \|url=https://govtmuseumchennai.org/uploads/topics/16527869178965.pdf}}</ref>

	S. Arunadevi, in History of Sangam Tamils: A Study, notes that [[Roman]] soldiers were enlisted in the armies of certain Pandya rulers and discusses the description of Yavanas in Mullaippāṭṭu, including their distinctive appearance and customs.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Arunadevi \|first=S. \|title=History of Sangam Tamils – A Study \|publisher=Madurai Kamaraj University \|year=2012 \|chapter=Trade and Commerce \|pages=249–265}}</ref>		S. Arunadevi, in History of Sangam Tamils: A Study, notes that [[Roman]] soldiers were enlisted in the armies of certain Pandya rulers and discusses the description of Yavanas in Mullaippāṭṭu, including their distinctive appearance and customs.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Arunadevi \|first=S. \|title=History of Sangam Tamils – A Study \|publisher=Madurai Kamaraj University \|year=2012 \|chapter=Trade and Commerce \|pages=249–265}}</ref>

			The poet Ilango, in a poem concerning the Pandya king Nedunchezhiyan, states that the Pandya king engraved his fish emblem on the rocks of the Himalayas, with the bow and tiger emblems inscribed on either side. The poem further states that these emblems represented the Cheras and the Cholas, respectively, and that the kings represented by these symbols served the Pandya king.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Subrahmanian \|first=N. \|title=Sangam Polity \|publisher=Asia Publishing House \|year=1956 \|page=123 \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111129/page/n146/mode/1up}}</ref>

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