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Kollam was a part of the ancient kingdom of Desinganadu. Desinganadu was known for its trade connections with foreign countries, and Kollam served as an important port city during that time. After the king Jayasimha from whom the Venad dynasty is supposed to have originated. [72] 3 Venad
The prosecution of the Pandya-Chola wars necessitated long residence of Chera/Perumal king of Kodungallur Rama Kulasekhara at Kollam. [31] There is a tradition that Vira Kerala, a ruler of Kollam in early 12th century, was a son of the last Chera king. [32] Kollam, capital of the Venad rulers, in 17th century CE
All the kingdoms in Northern Kerala had been were annexed into British control, while the ones in southern Kerala were subsumed into either the Kingdom of Cochin or the Kingdom of Travancore. These two kingdoms retained semi-independence status by accepting British suzerainty which they retained until the independence of India .
The port at Kollam, then known as Quilon, was founded in 825 by the Nestorian Christians Mar Sabor and Mar Proth with sanction from Ayyanadikal Thiruvadikal, the king of the independent Venad or the State of Quilon, a feudatory under the Chera kingdom.
Kollam functioned as the second headquarters of the Chera Perumal kingdom towards the final phase of Rama Kulasekhara's rule (c. 1100/02 AD - c. 1122/23). According to scholars, "the strategic advantage of marriage relations with the old ruling clan of Kollam in securing the loyalty of Venad can also be considered in the light of continuous ...
The Kingdom of Travancore was a kingdom in Central and Southern Kerala that existed from ancient times until 1949. Until the reign of Marthanda Varma, the kingdom was known as Venad. In the 11th century, Venad became a vassal of the Chola Empire. In the 16th century, Venad became a vassal of the Vijayanagara Empire.
The Chera Perumal kingdom derived most of its revenue from maritime trade relations (the spice trade) with the Middle East. [1] [11] The port of Kollam, in the kingdom, was a major point in overseas India trade to the West and the East Asia. [12]
Kollam in the 1500s. Kollam was a port city of the Chera Dynasty until the formation of the independent Venad kingdom, of which it became the capital. Prior to that, Kollam was considered one of the four early entrepots in the global sea trade around the 13th century, along with Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt, the Chinese city of Quanzhou, and Malacca in the Malaysian archipelago.