N.K. Sastri claims that this is the period where Maurya 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. But fragmentary poems of Sangam in the Purananuru[2] states that, Ilamchetcenni Cholan successfully resisted[3] 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[4] at this time
Notes
↑Ca. Vē Cuppiramaṇiyan̲, Ka. Ta Tirunāvukkaracu. Historical Heritage of the Tamils. International Institute of Tamil Studies, 1983 - Tamil (Indic people) - 672 pages. p. 254.
↑Sastri, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta (1955). The Cōlas. University of Madras.
↑Sastri, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta (1955). The Cōlas. University of Madras.
↑Sastri, Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta (1955). The Cōlas. University of Madras.
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