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'''Nedunjcheliyan I''' (c. 270 BCE) (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a [[Pandya]] king. He has been given with the title '''Aariya Padai kadantha Nedunjezhiya Pandiyan''' (A Pandyan King, who defeated the Aryan intrusion).{{cn|date=July 2021}} Nedunjcheliyan I was also the Pandya king of the epic ''[[Silappatikaram]]'' authored by [[Tamil Great 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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en|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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&q=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en|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>


'''Netunceliyan I'''{{efn|([[ISO 15919]])}} ({{langx|ta|நெடுஞ்செழியன்}}, {{Reign}} {{circa|270 BCE}})) was an early [[Pandya dynasty|Pandyan king]]. He was titled the ''Āriyappaṭai-kaṭanta Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ'', signifying his defeat of the [[Āryāvarta|"northern Aryans"]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/about-a-secular-past/article3915017.ece | title=About a secular past | newspaper=The Hindu | date=19 September 2012 | last1=Kavitha | first1=S. S. }}</ref>
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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=Mangulam+inscription+jain&hl=en|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>

== Archaeological evidence ==
His name is present in the [[Mangulam]] inscriptions of the 3rd century BCE. The inscriptions mentions that workers of Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ I, a [[Pandyan]] king of the [[Sangam era]], ({{circa|270 BCE|lk=no}}) 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 ==
Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ was also the king of the ''[[Cilappatikaram]]'', the epic authored by the 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==
* [[List of Sangam poets]]
* [[List of Sangam poets]]


==Notes==
== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}


== Further reading ==
==References==
* {{cite book|title=[[A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar]]|first=K. A. Nilakanta|last=Sastri|authorlink=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri|page=115}}
* {{cite book|title=[[A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar]]|first=K. A. Nilakanta|last=Sastri|authorlink=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri|page=115}}


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Latest revision as of 13:11, 28 October 2024

Netunceliyan I
Pandyan Ruler
Reignc. 270 BCE
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorPudappandiyan
SpouseKopperundevi
IssuePudappandiyan
Names
Netunceliyan
HousePandyan
ReligionSaivism[citation needed]

Netunceliyan I[a] (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன், r. c. 270 BCE)) was an early Pandyan king. He was titled the Āriyappaṭai-kaṭanta Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ, signifying his defeat of the "northern Aryans".[1]

Archaeological evidence

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His name is present in the Mangulam inscriptions of the 3rd century BCE. The inscriptions mentions that workers of Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ I, a Pandyan king of the Sangam era, (c. 270 BCE) made stone beds for Jain monks.[2]

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Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ was also the king of the Cilappatikaram, the epic authored by the 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).

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Kavitha, S. S. (19 September 2012). "About a secular past". The Hindu.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.
  4. ^ 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.

Further reading

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