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

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)