The existence of this king has not yet been scientifically confirmed and is only evident from religious literature such as Periyapuranam, semi-biographical poems of the later Chola period, and temple and cave inscriptions.
Description
He was an early Tamil king of the Chola dynasty during the Sangam period. Ilanjetcenni was a great warrior and ruled the Chola kingdom with Uraiyur as the capital. He married a Velir princess from Alundur.
Informations
Preamble: no preamble of the Chola ruler available
Title: no ruler title available
Year of birth: no date available
Place of birth: Uraiyur
Year of death: c. 470 BCE
Place of death: Puhar
Reign: from 501 until 470 BCE
Seat of government: Uraiyur
Predecessor: no name available
Successor: Karikala Chola1
Father: no information about his father
Mother: no information about his mother
Wives: Velir princess from Alundur
Children: Karikala Chola
Era: Sangam period
Time period: Early Cholas
Pictures
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- see Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta, A History of South India – from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar, 1966, p. 124 ↩
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