NO. 46.— 1895.] ANCIENT TAMIL LITERATURE. 



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89 Mantaram Seralirumporai (Chera) 



90 Maranvaluti (Pandiya) 



91 Mavalattan (Chola) 



92 Mavenko (Chera) 



93 Mudukudumbipperuvaluti (Pandiya) 



94 Mudittalaikkopperunatkilli (Chola) 



95 Muvan 



96 Yadimbalambanindra Pandiyan (Pandiya) 



97 Yanjan (Chera) 



98 Yalluvan, of Naiyil 



99 Yichchikkon 



100 Yinnantayan 



101 Yenkaimarpan 



102 Senkannan (Chola) 



103 Seralatan (Chera) 



104 Soliya Enadi Tirukkuttuvan 



105 Soliya Enadi Tirukkannan 



II. — King Senkuttuvan of the Chera Dynasty. 



Of the Chera kings of olden times, Senkuttuvan may be 

 ranked among the most famous, not only by reason of his 

 own greatness, but also as the grandson of the great Chola 

 king Karikala, and, what is interesting to all Tamil scholars, 

 as the brother of one of the most esteemed of Tamil poets. 



I shall endeavour to gather together whatever is said of 

 Senkuttuvan in Tamil literature. 



The Chera kingdom extended on the north to Palani (the 

 well-known sanitarium near Madura), on the east to Tenkasi, 

 on the south to the sea, and on the west to Kolikkudu 

 (Calicut), and included within its limits modern Travancore. 

 Its capital was Y'anji. The inhabitants of this kingdom were 

 in those days both warlike and enterprising, presenting a 

 striking contrast to their degenerate descendants. Their 

 language then was Tamil. 



Senkuttuvan's father was Seralatan, who was called 

 Kudakko Nedun Seralatan and Perum Seralatan. He, too 



