Nedunjeliyan I

Names
	Aariyap Padai Kadantha Nedunj Cheliyan

Netunceliyan I
Netunceliyan I
Pandyan Ruler
Reign	c. 270 BCE
Predecessor	Unknown
Successor	Pudappandiyan
Spouse	Kopperundevi
Issue	Pudappandiyan
Names
Names
	Aariyap Padai Kadantha Nedunj Cheliyan
House	Pandyan
Religion	Saivism[citation needed]

Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ 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

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]

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.^[3]^[4]

He is portrayed by O. A. K. Thevar in the film Poompuhar (1964).

Notes

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References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

Archaeological evidence

In popular culture

See also

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References

Further reading

Pandya dynasty
Early Pandya polity
Koon Pandiyan Nedunjeliyan I Nedunjeliyan II
Early Medieval Pandyas
Kadungon (c. 590–620)/(c. 560–590) Maravarman Avanichulamani (c. 620–645)/(c. 590–620) Cheliyan Chendan (c. 654–670)/(c. 620–650) Arikesari Maravarman (Parankusan) (c. 670–700)/(c. 650–700) Ko Chadaiyan Ranadhira (c. 700–730) Maravarman Rajasimha I (c. 730–765)/(c. 730–768) Srimara Srivallabha (c. 815–862) Varaguna II (c. 862–880)/(c. 862–885) Maravarman Rajasimha III (c. 900–915)