Ellaalan( c.235 - 161 B.C.E. ), the just , a.k.a. Élaezha Chola was the Tamil king who ruled Sri Lanka from 205 B.C.E. to 161 B.C.E. His capital was the old city of Anuradhapura . Events Maximinus Thrax becomes Roman Emperor. ... Events March 7 - Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. ... Events Births Plotinus, according to his student Porphyry. ... Events March 7 - Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. ...

Birth and early life

Born as a Chola prince of the ancient South India at Poompugaar , was the first son of a Vaiyaavi princess and Chola queen . He was the younger brother of the Chola king Ellagan . Ellaalan wanted a kingdom of his own and was attracted to the emerald island Sri Lanka when he set out in doing so . He conquered Sri Lanka in 205 B.C.E. and set up his own kingdom and put the Sinhala king Asela to death. The Cholas were the most famous of the three dynasties that ruled ancient Tamil Nadu. ... A map of South India, its rivers, regions and water bodies. ... Events Births Plotinus, according to his student Porphyry. ... Sinhala (also Sinhalese, formerly Singhalese) is the language spoken by the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). ...

Administration

He was a king of the masses so close to their hearts that even the Sinhalas . The Sinhalas were differentiated in the 2nd century Sri Lanka as those who followed Buddhism and those who talked Sinhala language which was a hybrid of the native Tamil and the Kalinga and the Buddhist language Pali . They hailed him as their lord and 'their own king' and popularly called as "Élaezha Singhan" meaning the sweet fragrant Eezha son of the Sinhalas (Eezha was the native name of Old Sri Lanka and Sinhala or Singha-Eezha was the name given to the followers of Prince Vijaya {Lion-born} and his religion the Buddhism) . In his country people were free to practice any form of God and religion . He is said to have treated the Sinhalas as equal with the Tamils . He even built the Ellaala Sohana , a Buddhist stupa for his beloved people . Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ... Kalinga is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... Pali may refer to: Pāli, a Middle Indo-Aryan language Pali, Rajasthan, a town and district in Rajasthan, western India Pali, a Hawaiian word, meaning cliffs Nuuanu Pali, a region on the Hawaiian island of Oahu Ballaleshwar Pali, the Ganapati temple of pali and place in Maharastra This is... Sinhala (also Sinhalese, formerly Singhalese) is the language spoken by the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). ... Buddhism is a nontheistic religion and philosophy focusing on the teachings of the Buddha Śākyamuni (Pāli:Sakyamuni), born Siddhārtha (Pāli: Siddhattha) of the Gautama (Pāli: Gotama) gotra, who probably lived in the 5th century BCE. Buddhism spread throughout the ancient Indian sub-continent in the five... Sinhala (also Sinhalese, formerly Singhalese) is the language spoken by the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). ... The Tamil people are an ethnic group from South Asia with a recorded history going back more than two millennia. ...

The Just

He was known as the "Manu needhi kaaththa Cholan " -'one who preserved the doctrine of Manu or Dharma', in all of the ancient Tamil Sangam Literature and in the SriLankan chronicle the Mahavamsa . Though a Hindu, his secular justice commanded respect of his Sinhala subjects . Concerning this the Mahavamsa relates that the king had a bell with a rope attached at the head of his bed, so that all who sought redress might ring it. Among other instances of the royal justice the chronicle tells how a calf was killed unintentionally by the chariot wheel of the king's son, and how, on the mother cow ringing the bell, the father had the prince's head struck off by the same wheel. Manu has several meanings: *Manu in Indo-European mythology was the first man, hero and first Holy King to rule this earth, see Manu (Hinduism), Germanic Mannus, Mannaz. ... Dharma (Sanskrit: धर्म) Dhamma [Pali] means Natural Law or Reality, and with respect to its significance for spirituality and religion might be considered the Way of the Higher Truths. ... Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ... Sangam Literature is the collective name for the Tamil literature created over 1800 years ago. ... The earliest chronicles The Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa say that, before the migration of the Indo-Aryans, tribes of naga, yaksha, deva & raksha inhabited the island. ... The Mahavamsa, also Mahawamsa, (Pāli: great chronicle) is a historical record, written in the Pāli language, of the Buddhist kings of Sri Lanka. ... The Mahavamsa, also Mahawamsa, (Pāli: great chronicle) is a historical record, written in the Pāli language, of the Buddhist kings of Sri Lanka. ...

The end of an epic

In 161 B.C.E. the now son-less seventy four year old Tamil king was called for an one-to-one battle(arm to arm) by the young strong native prince Dutte Gamini , and was was slain by him in single combat . Events March 7 - Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. ... The Tamil people are an ethnic group from South Asia with a recorded history going back more than two millennia. ... Gamini Abhaya or Dutte Gamini(c. ...

In the southern gate of the city of Anuradhapura , his body was burnt with royal honours, and such was the respect in which he was held that succeeding kings of Lanka silenced their musical instruments when passing his tomb in procession.

The so-called Ellala Sohona or Tomb of Ellala at Anuradhapura does not mark his burial-place, but is the Dakkhina Thupa or Southern Dagaba built by the secular Ellaala for the Buddhists in 200 B.C.E. For other uses, see number 200. ...

The earliest chronicles The Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa say that, before the migration of the Indo-Aryans, tribes of naga, yaksha, deva & raksha inhabited the island. ... Events Births Plotinus, according to his student Porphyry. ... Events March 7 - Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. ... Gamini Abhaya or Dutte Gamini(c. ...

References

• Sri Lankan history
• Mahavamsa
• SriLankan chronicle
• Sri Lanka