<P> Karikala Chola ( c. 90 BCE ) stands pre-eminent amongst all those mentioned in Pattinappaalai . Karikala 's father was Ilamcetcenni , a brave king and a hard fighter . ' Karikala ' means ' elephant feller ' or ' charred leg ' , which is assumed to be a reference to an accident by fire which befell the prince early in his life . Pattinappaalai describes this accident and the enterprising way in which the prince escaped and established himself in the Chola throne . Pattinappalai is a long poem on the then Chola capital Kaveripattinam . This work also describes the numerous battles Karikala fought against the other two Tamil kings in one of which the Chera king was disgraced ( received a wound on his back ) and committed suicide . Karikala thus broke the confederacy that was formed against him and established hegemony over Pandyas and Cheras . </P>
<P> Karikala Chola ( c. 90 BCE ) stands pre-eminent amongst all those mentioned in Pattinappaalai . Karikala 's father was Ilamcetcenni , a brave king and a hard fighter . ' Karikala ' means ' elephant feller ' or ' charred leg ' , which is assumed to be a reference to an accident by fire which befell the prince early in his life . Pattinappaalai describes this accident and the enterprising way in which the prince escaped and established himself in the Chola throne . Pattinappalai is a long poem on the then Chola capital Kaveripattinam . This work also describes the numerous battles Karikala fought against the other two Tamil kings in one of which the Chera king was disgraced ( received a wound on his back ) and committed suicide . Karikala thus broke the confederacy that was formed against him and established hegemony over Pandyas and Cheras . </P>
who is considered the greatest of the early chola kings
who is considered the greatest of the early chola kings
Karikala Chola
Karikala Chola