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Karikālaṉ

Cōḷa ruler
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    Karikalan (late 2nd century ce) is the best known of the early Chola chiefs and was to become almost a kind of eponymous ancestor to many families of the south claiming Chola descent. The early capital was at Uraiyur, in an area that stretched from…

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    Karikalan (late 2nd century ce) is the best known of the early Chola chiefs and was to become almost a kind of eponymous ancestor to many families of the south claiming Chola descent. The early capital was at Uraiyur, in an area that stretched from…

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