चोलानि गोजामसिन रायखांजानाया मौर्य साम्रायजोनि अश'काजों गालांजानाय थामथि जौथाइनि खृ. गिबिनि दानख'नानै लिरनायाव दं।
The earliest datable references to the Chola are in inscriptions from the 3rd century BCE left by Ashoka, of the Maurya Empire.