Nedunjeliyan II (c. 210 CE) was the greatest of
Early Pandya Kings. He defeated a confederacy of the
Cholas
The Chola dynasty was a Tamil thalassocratic empire of southern India and one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of the world. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated to the 3rd century BCE d ...
and
Cheras at Talaiyalanganam near
Tiruvarur and conquered most of the Tamil country establishing him as the most important ruler of his time. His deeds have been described in detail in the ''
Maduraikkanci''.
Reign
Nedunjeliyan II was a descendant of
Nedunjeliyan I
Nedunjcheliyan I ( c. 270 BCE) (Tamil: நெடுஞ்செழியன்) was a Pandya king.He was also known as Arya Padai kadantha Nedunjezhiya Pandiyan
Archaeological evidence
His name is present in the Mangulam inscriptions of 3rd ...
. His reign has been arbitrarily fixed in the early part of the 3rd century AD. Nedunjeliyan II ascended the throne at an early age and almost immediately upon his accession, the kingdom was invaded by the Cheras and Cholas. Nedunjeliyan II, however, defeated the invaders and pursued the retreating forces as far as Thalaiyalangaanam deep inside Chola territory and inflicted a crushing defeat upon them. The Chera king Mandaranjeral Irumporai was taken captive by Nedunjeliyan.
Following his victory at Talaiyalanganam, Nedunjeliyan mounted a campaign against the
Velirs and Millalai and Muttur.
References
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Pandyan dynasty
3rd-century Indian monarchs