avalokiteshvara was considered the greatest of the early chola kings.
avalokiteshvara was considered the greatest of the early chola kings.
who is considered the greatest of the early chola kings?
avalokiteshvara
the sangam literature also records legends about mythical chola kings. these myths speak of the chola king kantaman, a supposed contemporary of the sage agastya, whose devotion brought the river kaveri into existence. two names are prominent among those chola kings known to have existed who feature in sangam literature: karikala chola and kocengannan. there are no sure means of settling the order of succession, of fixing their relations with one another and with many other princelings of around the same period. urayur (now a part of thiruchirapalli) was their oldest capital. kaveripattinam also served as an early chola capital. the "mahavamsa" mentions that an ethnic tamil adventurer, a chola prince known as ellalan, invaded the island sri lanka and conquered it around 235 bce with the help of a mysore army.
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the lists of legendary early chola kings are recorded in tamil literature and in the inscriptions left by the later chola kings.









































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legendary early chola kings