1. Nedunkilli was mentioned in context with a civil war between him and another Chola Nalankilli.
11 Facts About Nedunkilli
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The only sources available on Nedunkilli are the mentions in Sangam poetry.
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Manimekalai embellishes the story of the mortal battle Nedunkilli fought with Nalankilli at Kariyaru.
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Purananuru speaks of the war between two Cholas Nalankilli and Nedunkilli, which lasted until the death of Nedunkilli at the battlefields of Kariyaru.
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Nedunkilli was the opponent of Nalankilli and ruled from Urayur.
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The poet graphically describes the strife the ordinary people went through because of the siege, and demands that Nedunkilli come out and fight like a man.
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Nedunkilli had ambition without courage and brought much suffering on himself and his subjects by his cowardice.
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When Nalankilli besieged Urayur with Nedunkilli locked up inside the fort, a poet named Ilantattan went into the fort.
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Nedunkilli took him prisoner, suspecting his to be a spy and was about to have him killed.
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We can infer that the Chola prince Ilankon to be Nalankilli ilankon and that this was the battle in which Nedunkilli met his fate and the civil strife came to an end.
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The plea apparently had no effect and Nedunkilli was killed in battle at Kariyaru.