Indian Rulers

Nedunjeliyan II

Victor of Talaiyalanganam

Nedunjeliyan II was an Indian king active in the 2nd c. AD during the Kushan period from the state of Pandya. Died of natural causes.

Historical Note

Pandya king who at sixteen, in a famous Tamil verse, defeated a coalition of seven kings — including the Cholas and Cheras — at Talaiyalanganam. The Sangam poets compared him to the rising sun.

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