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== Archaeological evidence == |
== Archaeological evidence == |
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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&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> |
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&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> |
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== In popular culture == |
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Nedunjeliyan I was also the Pandya king of the epic ''[[Silappatikaram]]'' authored by the [[Sangam literature|Sangam]] 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> |
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He is portrayed by [[O. A. K. Thevar]] in the film [[Poompuhar (film)|Poompuhar]] (1964). |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 14:17, 1 December 2022
| Netunceliyan 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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Nedunjcheliyan I (r. c. 270 BCE) (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a Pandya king.He was also known as Arya Padai kadantha Nedunjezhiya Pandiyan[1]
Archaeological evidence
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.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Kavitha, S. S. (19 September 2012). "About a secular past". The Hindu.
- ^ 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.
References
- Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. p. 115.
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