Tribes in Ancient India c47.25

c47.25

The early history of the Cōḷa country is obscure. About the beginning of the Christian era the Cōḷa king was Peru-nar-Killi. His son was Iḷanjet-Senni whose son was Karikāl, a vigorous ruler, under whom the Cōḷas became the leading power of the south. He defeated an allied army of the Cheras and Pāṇḍyas and made an expedition to the north. At home he suppressed the turbulent Āyar, Aravāḷar, Kurumbar and Oḷiyar. He made his capital at Kāveri-paṭṭinam on the Kāverī and he secured it from flood by raising the banks of the river as well as by making canals. From the Cōḷas the hegemony of the south passed to the Cheras and later still to the Pāṇḍyas who were ousted by the Pallavas who later on became the suzerain power of Southern India.