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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| succession = [[Chola dynasty|Chola King]]<br />
| reign = 301 BCE – 270 BCE<br />
| predecessor = Unknown<br />
| successor = [[Karikala Chola|Karikala]]<br />
| birth_place = [[Uraiyur]], [[Chola Kingdom]] (Modern day [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])<br />
| death_date = 270 BCE<br />
| queen = Alundur<br />
| dynasty = [[Chola dynasty|Chola]]<br />
| death_place = [[Puhar, Nagapattinam|Puhar]], [[Chola Kingdom]] (Modern day [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])<br />
| issue = [[Karikala Chola|Karikala]]<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
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{{Chola history}}<br />
'''Ilamchetchenni''' (''Iḷamcēṭceṉṉi''; {{IPA-all|iɭəmt͡ɕeːt͡ɕːsen̪ːi}}) was an early [[Tamil people|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]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Heritage of the Tamils|author=Ca. Vē Cuppiramaṇiyan̲, Ka. Ta Tirunāvukkaracu|publisher=International Institute of Tamil Studies, 1983 - Tamil (Indic people) - 672 pages|page=254}}</ref> Ilamchetchenni Chola was succeeded by his son, Karikala Chola, who is considered one of the greatest among the [[Early Cholas]].<br />
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== Claims ==<br />
N.K. Sastri claims that this is the period where [[Maurya Empire|Maurya dynasty]] had established its empire from [[Persia]] to southern India. [[Bindusara]], son of [[Chandragupta Maurya]], conquered almost the whole of India except Kalinga and Cholas. But fragmentary poems of Sangam in the ''[[Purananuru]]''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sastri|first=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg9uAAAAMAAJ|title=The Cōlas|date=1955|publisher=University of Madras|language=en}}</ref> states that, Ilamchetcenni Cholan successfully resisted<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sastri|first=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg9uAAAAMAAJ|title=The Cōlas|date=1955|publisher=University of Madras|language=en}}</ref> the exploration of [[Mauryas]] down the southern region of the Indian subcontinent. Also Sastri claims that his period of reign is 301 BCE &nbsp;– 270 BCE and Cholas overpowered [[Chera dynasty|Cheras]] and [[Pandya dynasty|Pandyas]] at time of his regin.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sastri|first=Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg9uAAAAMAAJ|title=The Cōlas|date=1955|publisher=University of Madras|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Early Cholas]]<br />
* [[Chola dynasty]]<br />
* [[History of India]]<br />
* [[History of South India]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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== References ==<br />
* Mudaliar, A.S, Abithana Chintamani (1931), Reprinted 1984 Asian Educational Services, New Delhi.<br />
* Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1935). The CōĻas, University of Madras, Madras (Reprinted 1984).<br />
* Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1955). A History of South India, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002).<br />
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