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Q5 (IAS/2026) History & Culture › Ancient India Official Key

Which of the following pairs of the king and his dynasty in early historical Tamilakam is/are not correctly matched?

  1. Senguttuvan : Chera
  2. Udiyanjeral : Chola
  3. Nedunjeliyan : Pandya

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In early historical Tamilakam (Sangam age), the region was ruled by the Muvendar (the three crowned kings): Cheras, Cholas, and Pandyas.

  • Pair 1 is correctly matched: Senguttuvan (also known as Cheran Senguttuvan) was a prominent king of the Chera dynasty. His achievements are celebrated in the Sangam epic Silappadikaram.
  • Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Udiyanjeral (Uthiyan Cheralathan) was the first known ruler of the Chera dynasty, not the Chola dynasty. He is famous for supposedly feeding the armies during the Kurukshetra war.
  • Pair 3 is correctly matched: Nedunjeliyan was a famous king of the Pandya dynasty, widely known for his victory at the Battle of Talaiyalanganam.

Since the question asks for the pair that is not correctly matched, the correct answer is 2 only.

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Which of the following pairs of the king and his dynasty in early historical Tamilakam is/are not correctly matched? Senguttuvan : Chera Udi…
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This is a medium-difficulty Sangam Age factual question. While Nedunjeliyan is directly covered in TN Board Class 11, Udiyanjeral requires deeper knowledge of the Chera lineage. Rely heavily on the Tamil Nadu State Board Class 11 History textbook for ancient South India, as NCERT coverage is often too brief.

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To which dynasty did the king Senguttuvan belong in early historical Tamilakam?
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THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART I, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 2: Kings, Farmers and Towns > The Pandya chief Senguttuvan visits the forest > p. 36
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“This is an excerpt from the Silappadikaram, an epic written in Tamil: (When he visited the forest) people came down the mountain, singing and dancing … just as the defeated show respect to the victorious king, so did they bring gifts – ivory, fragrant wood, fans made of the hair of deer, honey, sandalwood, red ochre, antimony, turmeric, cardamom, pepper, etc. ... they brought coconuts, mangoes, medicinal plants, fruits, onions, sugarcane, flowers, areca nut, bananas, baby tigers, lions, elephants, monkeys, bear, deer, musk deer, fox, peacocks, musk cat, wild cocks, speaking parrots, etc. … Ü Why did people bring these gifts?”
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  • Explicitly identifies Senguttuvan as a Pandya chief in the context of the Tamil epic Silappadikaram.
  • Describes the gifts and respect offered to him by people during his visit to the forest.
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