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Chola-Chera Perumal relations (c. 9th-10th centuries AD)

Ko Kizhan Adikal Ravi Neeli, or Udaiyapirattiyar Kizhan Adikal, was the traditional title of the queens/princesses of the Chera Perumal kingdom in medieval south India.[1][2] It was initially assumed that Kizhan Adikal was a proper given name (and not a royal title).[1]

The title appears in the following inscriptions discovered from Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

  1. "Kizhan Adikal Ravi Neeli", daughter of Chera Kulasekhara (mid-9th century) and wife of Vijayaraga (mid-9th century), in Tirunandikkara inscription (9th century AD).[3]
  2. "Ko Kizhan Adikal", mother of Chola prince Rajaditya, in a Tirunavalur/Tirumanallur inscription (c. 935 AD, 28th regnal year) of Chola king Parantaka I (907-955 AD).[4]
  3. "Kizhan Adikal Ravi Neeli", daughter of Chera Vijayaraga (mid-9th century), in a Tiruvotriyur inscription (936 AD, 29th regnal year) of king Parantaka I.[5][6]
  4. "Kizhan Adikal" appears in the Tiruvalla copper plates with her husband king Parantaka I (lines 109-111).[7]
  5. "Kizhan Adikal Chatira Sikhamani" in a Trikkakara inscription (953 AD) with Chera Perumal king Indu Kota (c. 943 - 962 AD).[8]

There is a possibility that the princesses (2) and (3) are the same, or are sisters. If they were sisters, king Parantaka I married two distinct Chera princesses (the mothers of his two sons, Rajaditya and Arinjaya Chola).[9]

The marriage between a Chera princess and Parantaka, c. 910 CE, is mentioned in the Udayendiram plates of Ganga king Prthivipati II Hastimalla.[1][10]

The harem of the Kizhan Adikal at Tanjavur is mentioned in three Chola inscriptions.[11]

  1. Saranganatha Perumal Temple, Tiruchirai, Kumbakonam (5th regnal year)[11]
  2. Vedaranyeswara Temple, Vedaranyam, Tirutturaippundi, Tanjore (Parantaka I, 43rd regnal year?)[11]
  3. Nageswaraswamin Temple, Kumbakonam.[11] Inscription of "Parakesari" Aditya II Karikala (4th regnal year) mentioning the mother of Rajaditya.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 96-101, 437, 442, 445 and 473.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sastri, H. Krishna, ed. (1987) [1920]. "No. 201". South Indian Inscriptions. III (Part III and IV): 377. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 437-438.
  4. ↑ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 100-101.
  5. ↑ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 442-443.
  6. ↑ South Indian Inscriptions 3 (1920), no. 103.
  7. ↑ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 473.
  8. ↑ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 445.
  9. ↑ George Spencer, ‘Ties that Bound: Royal Marriage Alliance in the Chola Period’, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Asian Studies (Hong Kong: Asian Research Service, 1982), 723.
  10. ↑ South Indian Inscriptions 2 (1895), no. 76: v. 8.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Ali, Daud (2007). "The Service Retinues of the Chola Court". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 70 (3): 487–509. ISSN 0041-977X.
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