Ilamchetchenni

Ilamchetchenni (Iḷamcēṭceṉṉi; [iɭəmt͡ɕeːt͡ɕːsen̪ːi]) was an early Tamil king of the Chola dynasty during the Sangam period. He was a great warrior and ruled the Chola kingdom with Uraiyur as the capital. He married a Velir princess from Alundur and their child was Karikala Chola.^[1] Ilamchetchenni Chola was succeeded by his son, Karikala Chola, who is considered one of the greatest among the Early Cholas.

Ilamchetchenni
Chola King
Reign	c. 301 BCE  – 270 BCE
Successor	Karikala
Born	Uraiyur, Chola Kingdom (now in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	c. 270 BCE Puhar, Chola Kingdom (now Poombuhar, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India)
Consort	Alundur
Issue	Karikala
Dynasty	Chola
Religion	Shaivism

Claims

N.K. Sastri claims that this is the period when the Maurya dynasty established its empire from Persia to southern India. Bindusara, son of Chandragupta Maurya, conquered much of India besides Kalinga and the Cholas. Fragmentary Sangam poems in the Purananuru^[2] state that Ilamchetchenni Cholan successfully resisted^[3] unknown Aryan army with chariots invasion in the southern region of the Indian subcontinent.^[4][5] Sastri claims that Ilamchetchenni reigned from 301 BCE to 270 BCE, when the Cholas dominated the Chera and Pandya dynasties.^[6]

See also

• Early Cholas
• Chola Military
• Chola Empire
• Chola dynasty
• History of India
• History of South India