# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karikala-chola
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:00:11.491Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karikala-chola"
name: "Karikala Chola"
slug: "karikala-chola"
description: "Karikala (Tamil: கரிகால; ; Middle Tamil: Karikāḷa Cōḻaṉ, often referred to as Karikala the Great, was a Tamil Emperor of the Early Cholas of the Chola dynasty who ruled ancient Tamilakam from Uraiyur. He is credited with the construction of the flood banks of the river Kaveri and conquest of Tamilakam, Andhra and Sri Lanka. He is recognised as the greatest of the Early Cholas. In Thiruvalangadu plates of Rajendra Chola I, Medieval Tamil Cholas listed Karikala Chola as one of their ancestors. Several Telugu dynasties also claimed descendant from Karikala."
tagline: "Historical Chola king who ruled southern India"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karikaala_Chozan_Memorial_Building_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "100"
deathDate: "200"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.2
  momentum:             3.626636534839925
  historical:           10.16800666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "喀里佧剌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "كريكالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karikala"
    title: "Karikala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karikala"
    title: "Karikala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karikala_Chola"
    title: "Karikala Chola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2_%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%B3"
    title: "ಕರಿಕಾಲ ಚೋಳ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%BC%EB%9D%BC"
    title: "카리칼라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2_%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "കരികാല ചോളൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "கரிகால் சோழன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81"
    title: "కరికాల చోళుడు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Карікала Чола"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karikala_Chola"
    title: "Karikala Chola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q745268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump