Pahruli

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 3 min

In Tamil literature, Pahruli (Tamil:பஃறுளி, Pahruli) is a mythical ancient river located in the sunken landmass of Kumari Kandam.[1] The Silappadhikaram, one of the Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature written in the first few centuries CE, states that the 'cruel sea took the Pandiyan land that lay between the rivers Pahruli and the mountainous banks of the Kumari, to replace which the Pandiyan king conquered lands belonging to the Chola and Chera kings (Maturaikkandam, verses 17-22).

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kanakasabhai, V. (1904). The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago. Higginbotham. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
This article is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahruli
Status: article is cached
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF