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'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' (c. 270 BCE) (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a [[Pandya]] king. He has been given | '''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& | 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== |
Revision as of 17:52, 8 June 2022
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]
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.[1]
In popular culture
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.[2][3]
He is portrayed by O. A. K. Thevar in the film Poompuhar (1964).
See also
Notes
- ↑ 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
- Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. p. 115.