Athula (IAST: Atula),fl. 11th century AD, was a medievalSanskrit-language poet from theMushika or Ezhimala kingdom, located in present-day northernKerala (theMalabar Coast), south India.[1][2] He is best known for composing theMushika-vamsa-kavya, amahakavya (epic poem) about the ruling dynasty of the kingdom.[3][1]
The dynastic chronicle was composed in the court of Mushika ruler Srikantha ("Kantan Karivarman", in Malayalam).[4][5] Athula is sometimes alternatively dated to the first half of the 12th century AD (Unni, 1980).[6] It has also been suggested that he might be identical to the Chera court poetTholan.[6]
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