Aditha Karikalan

Aditha Karikalan
Virapandiyan Thalai Konda Koparakesari Varman Karikalan
Mural of Prince Aditha Karikalan at Brihadisvara Temple
Co-Regent of the Chola Empire
Reign966 – 971 CE
EmperorParantaka II
PredecessorParantaka II
SuccessorUttama Chola
BornAditha Karikalan
942 CE
Tirukoilur, Chola Empire (modern day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died971 CE (aged 29)
Melakadambur, Chola Empire
SpouseIlaada Madeviyar
IssueKarikala Kannan
DynastyChola
FatherParantaka II
MotherVanavan Mahadevi
ReligionHinduism
Chola kings and emperors
Early Cholas
Ellalan205 BCE– c. 161 BCE
Kulakkottan
Ilamchetchenni
Karikala
Nedunkilli
Nalankilli
Killivalavan
Kopperuncholan
Kochchenganan
Perunarkilli
Interregnum (c. 200 – c. 848 CE)
Medieval Cholas
Vijayalaya 848–871?
Aditya I 871–907
Parantaka I 907–955
Rajaditya Chola 935–949
Gandaraditya 949–962
Arinjaya 955–956
Parantaka II (Sundara) 950–980
Aditya II (Karikala) 966–971
Uttama 971–987
Rajaraja I 985–1014
Rajendra I 1012–1044
Rajadhiraja 1018–1054
Rajendra II 1051–1063
Rajamahendra 1060–1063
Virarajendra 1063–1070
Athirajendra 1067–1070
Later Cholas
Kulothunga I 1070–1120
Vikrama 1118–1135
Kulothunga II 1133–1150
Rajaraja II 1146–1173
Rajadhiraja II 1166–1178
Kulothunga III 1178–1218
Rajaraja III 1216–1256
Rajendra III 1246–1279
Related
Related dynasties
Telugu Chodas of Andhra
Chodagangas of Kalinga
Nidugal Cholas of Karnataka
Rajahnate of Cebu
Rajahnate of Sanmalan
Chola society

Aditya II (942 CE – 971 CE), also known as Aditha II or Adithya Karikalan, was a Chola prince who lived in the 10th century in India.[1] He was born in Tirukoilur and was the eldest son of Parantaka Chola II. He was the elder brother of Rajaraja Chola I and Kundavai. He was called Virapandiyan Thalai Konda Koparakesari Varman Karikalan.[2]

  1. ^ A Topographical List of Inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states: Thanjavur district By T. Mahalingam
  2. ^ Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1955). A History of South India, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002)