His legendary campaign into northern India may have been royal hype, since no records exist of the campaign. In the Battle of Venni, Karikala crushed the Pandya and Chera forces, leading to the unifying of the three kingdoms into one under Karikala's rule. He had earned praise for the beauty of his war chariots. His name meant "the man with the charred leg," an injury he received during a fight to escape capture from a scheming competitor for his throne. Karikala led the Chola empire successfully in campaigns to unify the three Dravidian kingdoms. He had been known by the epithets Karikala Peruvallattan (கரிகால பெருவளத்தான்) and Thirumavalavan (திருமாவளவன்). Karikala Chola (Tamil: கரிகால சோழன்), the greatest among the early Chola kings of the Sangam age in South India, had been the son of Ilamcetcenni and ruled around 120 C.E.
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