With few and scattered authentic records available, it is difficult to piece together the entire life of Karikalan. Since his story is 2000 years old, the story of Karikalan mixes legend and anecdotal information with historical facts. This article is about the widely accepted history of Karikala Chola. The other theory is there might be more than one Chola King named Karikalan during the Sangam period. The sangam literature Pattinappaalai, sung by uruthirang kannanar was sung in praise of Karikala chola, so the only thing that we know for sure is Karikalan lived during or before the time of Pattinappaali (estimated around 100 BC – 100 AD). However there is no consensus about the year of his rule, different accounts give different time frames from 270 BC, to 180 AD. Karikala Chola is also called as Karikala Peruvallattan (கரிகால பெருவளத்தான்) and Thirumavalavan (திருமாவளவன்). It goes without saying that Karikala Chola (கரிகால சோழன்) is one of the greatest kings to ever rule South India.
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