War Specials of Vallal Athiyaman Neduman Anji

Abstract

Sangam Literature one of the ancient Tamil literature is a golden treasure to know tradition, culture and war specials of ancient Tamil people. One of the ancient well known tamil king was Vallal Athiyaman Neduman Anji, who ruled Thahadoor which is Dharmapuri now and know for his vallal and generosity. The present study aims to find out the uniqueness of Athiyaman’s war specials from the rest of the wars that happened during the contemporarytime. The study explores how Vallal Athiyaman was patriotic, courageous, never bent his head or never been a slave, lived with dignity and self righteousness. He was a brave warrior and at the same time a kind hearted king who helped people with at most care and affection. The study includes the analysis of vallal Athiyaman’s appearance, nature of his soldiers, war with seven enemies, war of Kovalur, war of Thahadoor and the season for the war, It includes how the concept of war in the present scenario similar to the wars of the past with the motto of expanding the kingdom.