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 |
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Early Pandya polity |
Early Medieval Pandyas |
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Nedunjeliyan I [a] ( r. c. 270 BCE) ( Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a Pandya king. He earned the legendary title of Arya Padai Kadantha Nedunchezhiyan, signifying his triumphant conquest over the Aryan Army. [1]
His name is present in the Mangulam inscriptions of 3rd century BCE. The inscriptions mentions that workers of Nedunjeliyan I, a Pandyan king of Sangam period, (c. 270 BCE) made stone beds for Jain monks. [2]
Nedunjeliyan 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. [3] [4]
He is portrayed by O. A. K. Thevar in the film Poompuhar (1964).
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 |
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Early Pandya polity |
Early Medieval Pandyas |
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Nedunjeliyan I [a] ( r. c. 270 BCE) ( Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a Pandya king. He earned the legendary title of Arya Padai Kadantha Nedunchezhiyan, signifying his triumphant conquest over the Aryan Army. [1]
His name is present in the Mangulam inscriptions of 3rd century BCE. The inscriptions mentions that workers of Nedunjeliyan I, a Pandyan king of Sangam period, (c. 270 BCE) made stone beds for Jain monks. [2]
Nedunjeliyan 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. [3] [4]
He is portrayed by O. A. K. Thevar in the film Poompuhar (1964).