page_title: Athiyamān Nedumān Añci
section_title: Inscriptions
hierarchical_section_title: Athiyamān Nedumān Añci / Inscriptions
caption_attribution_description: English: Inscription in Jambai, Tirukoviloor, Tamilnadu showing the following
context_page_description: Athiyamān Nedumān Añji was one of the most powerful Velir kings of the Sangam era who ruled the region called Mazhanadu, a part of ancient Kongu Nadu and the great dynasty called Chera Dynasty. A famous royal Athiyamān family dynasty was the contemporary and the patron of poet Avvaiyar of the Sangam period. Athiyamān who ruled over the Dharmapuri, Salem and surrounding areas with their capital at Tagadur. The most famous of their line were the father-son duo: Nedumān Añci and Elini. They were one of the Kadai ezhu vallal of arts and literature in ancient Tamilakam.
context_section_description: A good number of inscriptions in Jambai in Tirukkoyilur taluk have been discovered which help us identify the Satyaputras of the Ashoka's edicts:
  These put to rest any speculation regarding the identity of Satyaputras as being non-Tamil and goes on to show the greatness of this line as they are mentioned on par with the other three Tamil kingdoms.
caption: Tamil Inscription at Jambai, Tirukovilur, Tamilnadu
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