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    Ellalan (Tamil: எல்லாளன், romanized: Ellāḷaṉ; Sinhala: එළාර, romanized: Eḷāra), also referred to as Elara the Pious, and by the honorific epithet Manu...
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    The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; Tamil: தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், romanized: Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, Sinhala: දෙමළ ඊලාම් විමුක්ති කොටි...
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  • (timeshare), a building on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Ellalan, or Eḷāra, a member of the Tamil Chola dynasty and monarch of the Anuradhapura...
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    who became king of Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King Elāra (Ellalan) was defeated. It is also known as Swarnamali Seya, Svaṇṇamāli Mahaceti...
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  • the unification of Sri Lanka. The climactic duel between the Indian king Ellalan and Dutugemunu is said to have occurred near Anuradhapura where the two...
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    Cave no. 2 at Dambulla Viharaya, King Dutugemunu on his campaign against Ellalan- an invading South Indian ruler- in 162 BC is depicted with a banner containing...
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    fishermen. In Mahavamsa, a historical poem, ethnic Tamil adventurers such as Ellalan invaded the island around 145 BCE. Early Chola king Karikalan, son of Eelamcetcenni...
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    were involved in the island's affairs from second century BCE. Chola king Ellalan captured the Anuradhapura Kingdom from 205 BCE to 161 BCE. Tamil soldiers...
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  • written of the war of 205 BC to 161 BC between Sinhala King Dutugemunu and Ellalan for the city of Anuradhapura, and the central role played by Dutugemunu's...
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  • Pambata, or 'Big Rock' is a famous war elephant belonging to the Tamil King Ellalan (c.235 BCE - 161 BCE). In Sri Lanka, it was not uncommon in antiquity for...
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  • epic poet and dramatist Gnaeus Naevius is performed for the first time. Ellalan, king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom (d. 161 BC) Aristippus, Greek tyrant...
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    early Chola capital. The Mahavamsa mentions that a Chola prince known as Ellalan, invaded the Rajarata kingdom of Sri Lanka and conquered it in 235 BCE...
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    Ellalan 205 BCE– c. 161 BCE Kulakkottan Ilamchetchenni Karikala Nedunkilli Nalankilli Killivalavan Kopperuncholan Kochchenganan Perunarkilli...
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  • Alalan-e Qadim (redirect from Ellalan, Iran)
    Ālālān-e Qadīm; also known as Ālālān, Ālālān-e Jadīd, Bāzār Ālālān, and Ellalan) is a village in Asalem Rural District, Asalem District, Talesh County...
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  • Ellalan 205 BCE– c. 161 BCE Kulakkottan Ilamchetchenni Karikala Nedunkilli Nalankilli Killivalavan Kopperuncholan Kochchenganan Perunarkilli...
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  • reign of Dutthagamani who, in 161 BC, defeated the South Indian invader Ellalan re-establishing Buddhism in place of Brahminism and endowed the site with...
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    alias Videlviduku Mutharaiyar(791 -826 CE) sandhan Pailiili(826 -851 CE) Ellalan Kulakkottan Ilamcetcenni Karikalan Nedunkilli Nalankilli Killivalavan Kopperuncholan...
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  • by Sri Lankan king Dutthagamani against the invading South Indian king Ellalan. The battle is documented in detail in the ancient chronicles of the country...
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  • Anuradhapura was again invaded by a Tamil, Tamil king from Chola Dynasty named Ellalan killing Asela and ruled Anuradhpura kingdom for 45 years. List of Sri Lankan...
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    was in turn overthrown by another invasion led by a Chola prince named Ellalan (205–161 BC). Elara ruled for 44 years before being defeated by Dutthagamani...
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  • leaflets under the names "Prabaaharan Padai", "Sangiliyan Padai" and "Ellalan Padai" demanding the police to leave the Northern Province as revenge for...
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    Ellalan 205 BCE– c. 161 BCE Kulakkottan Ilamchetchenni Karikala Nedunkilli Nalankilli Killivalavan Kopperuncholan Kochchenganan Perunarkilli...
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    Ellalan 205 BCE– c. 161 BCE Kulakkottan Ilamchetchenni Karikala Nedunkilli Nalankilli Killivalavan Kopperuncholan Kochchenganan Perunarkilli...
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    Ellalan 205 BCE– c. 161 BCE Kulakkottan Ilamchetchenni Karikala Nedunkilli Nalankilli Killivalavan Kopperuncholan Kochchenganan Perunarkilli...
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    Ellalan 205 BCE– c. 161 BCE Kulakkottan Ilamchetchenni Karikala Nedunkilli Nalankilli Killivalavan Kopperuncholan Kochchenganan Perunarkilli...
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  • several tourists and local and foreign travel agencies received calls from Ellalan Force, a front organisation of LTTE, to boycott Sri Lanka. Eleven LTTE...
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  • Ellalan 205 BCE– c. 161 BCE Kulakkottan Ilamchetchenni Karikala Nedunkilli Nalankilli Killivalavan Kopperuncholan Kochchenganan Perunarkilli...
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    Anuradhapura kingdom. In 145 BCE Elara, a Chola general or prince known as Ellāḷaṉ[non-primary source needed] took over the throne at Anuradhapura and ruled...
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    longest-living captive elephant. Maha Pambata, war elephant belonging to Tamil King Ellalan. Surus ("the Syrian"), mentioned as the bravest of Hannibal's 37 war elephants...
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    King Dutugamunu's mount and Maha Pambata, 'Big Rock', the mount of King Ellalan during their historic encounter on the battlefield in 200 BC, for example...
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