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Karikal Valavan is regarded as the greatest Chola king. Justify.
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- KarikalValavan or Karikalan was the most famous of the Chola kings.
- He defeated the combined army of the Cheras, Pandyas, and the eleven Velir Chieftains who supported them at Venni, a small village in the Thanjavur region.
- He converted forests into cultivable lands.
- He built Kallanai across the river Kaveri to develop agriculture.
- Their port Puhar attracted merchants from various regions of the Indian Ocean.
- The Pattinapaalai a poetic work in the pathinenkeezhkanakku gives elaborate information of the trading activity during the rule of Karikalan.
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