The chera dynasty was one of the ancient tamil dynasties who ruled the southern india from ancient times until around the fifteenth century ce. Pallava dynasty was a pastoral tribe who ruled thesouthern parts of india for almost 500 years. This status is also related to the connection of pulayas with chera dynasty. Pallava dynasty, early 4thcentury to late 9th century ce. Other kingdoms soon grow up in former chera territory to succeed them, in the form of the zamorins of calicut, the kings of travancore. The chera dynasty was one of the three major kingdoms of tamilkam and ruled over the presentday state of kerala and to a lesser extent. The recorded history of the chera dynasty is broadly divided into two phases. Together with the cholas of uraiyur and the pandyas of madurai, the early cheras were known as one of the three major powers muventar of ancient tamilakam a macro region in south india in the early centuries of the common era. The roman emperor julian received an embassy from a pandya about 361 ce.
The early cheras ruled over the malabar coast, coimbatore, karur and salem districts in south india, which now forms part of the modern day kerala and tamil nadu states of india. The chera dynasty or cera was one of the principal lineages in the early history of the present. The chera dynasty or cera was one of the principal lineages in the early history of the present day states of kerala and tamil nadu in southern india. Pandya dynasty, tamil rulers in the extreme south of india of unknown antiquity they are mentioned by greek authors in the 4th century bce. Historians have a fairly clear idea of the geographical extent of pallava, pandya and chola kingdoms. The points being raised are interesting and usually based on some preconceived notions or logic, but clearly not backed up by. The forgotten king of pulayanarkotta achuthsankar s. Uraiyur now tiruchchirappalli was its oldest capital. The chera power declined at the end of the 3 rd century a. The important facts about the three early kingdoms of south india are. The chera dynasty was one of the ancient tamil dynasties that ruled southern india from ancient times until around the fifteenth century ce. Chola dynasty, south indian tamil rulers of unknown antiquity, antedating the early sangam poems c.
A study on the administration system and culture of pallava dynasty. Ip edit warring with multiple editors including sodabottle. The contemporary chola kingdom is described in chola dynasty, while the chola kingdom is about. Vinayak vaidya 18611938 was a marathilanguage historian and writer from maharashtra, india. The early cheras ruled over the coimbatore, karur and salem districts in south india, which now forms part of the modern day tamil nadu kongu nadu. Musicians, stage artists, and performers entertained the kings, the. His son governs a looser confederation of chera tribes in a muchreduced territory in india, and this core remnant succeeds or merges with the last remnants of the ay kingdom seemingly as the chera ai dynasty. The dynasty revived under kadungon in the early 7th century ce and ruled from madura. Kingdoms of south asia indian kingdom of the cheras. Sengutturan was the greatest king of the chera dynasty as mentioned in the chera tradition. Rai pithora, commonly known as prithviraj chauhan c. Ancient indian history chera dynasty tutorialspoint. The drn case that i was involved in will show you how the other editor s references dropped out one by one. The dynasty originated in the rich kaveri cauvery river valley.
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