Review of my book on Aditya Karikala by Dr. K.V. Balasubramanian

Dr. K.V. Balasubramanian, the well known meteorologist, author and writer of several books and articles has written a review of my book, ' ஆதித்த கரிகாலனைக் கொன்றது யார்?" His review can be read HERE.

Reproducing the same below.

My sincere thanks to him for the review.

The book can be obtained from Swasam Publishers at this LINK

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Book review 

By Dr. K.V. Balasubramanian,

Meteorologist, Writer and translator

Book – written in Tamil language

Name of the book – Who killed Adittha Karikalan (Historical facts in Ponniyin Selvan)

Author – Dr. Jayashree Saranathan – முனைவர் ஜெயஸ்ரீ சாரநாதன்

To buy the book – Swasam Book Art, +91 8148066645

Price – Rs. 190/-

“Who Killed Adittha Karikalan? (Historical Facts of Ponni Selvan)” written by Dr Jayashree Saranathan? has 149 pages; The book is divided into 10 sub-topics. The author has researched many inscriptions and written in this book. In particular, she has used a computer planetarium software called 'Jhora' to define the reigns of the Chola kings.

 In the first stage, she found and wrote about the reign period of various Chola kings through inscriptional researches. Last year I got an opportunity to translate a Tamil book comparing Mr. Narendra Modi with Rajaraja Chola into Hindi. At that time, I had two doubts: (1) According to The Law of Primogeniture, the son will become the king after the father. But how did the king's brother become king? (2) The time period of a king begins before the death of the previous king. How is it? The author has given excellent explanations for these two questions in his book.

 The Chola kings ruled with the titles “Parakesari” and “Rajakesari”. Author Dr. Jayashree Saranathan has explained that there is a system in this too. Was Veerapandian killed by Adittha Karikala Chola? or Parthivendra Chola? Parthipan, who appears in Ponni's Selvan, is he the same person. The Author has mentioned these thing in her book and answered these questions.

 The book is written in a good research style. At the end of the book, the chronology of the Chola emperors and the Tamil names of the 60 years from 907 to 1027 are given.

 This book is a treasure trove of research; Excellent study book. I hope everyone will enjoy reading it.