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India's Southwest coastal port Muziris had established itself as a major spice trade centre from as early as 3,000 BCE, according to Sumerian records. Jewish traders arrived in Kochi, Kerala, India as early as 562 BCE. [133] The Greco-Roman world followed by trading along the incense route and the Roman-India routes. [134]
The Early Cheras ruled over the Malabar Coast, Coimbatore, Erode, Namakkal, Karur and Salem Districts in South India, which now form part of the modern day Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Throughout the reign of the Early Cheras, trade continued to bring prosperity to their territories, with spices, ivory, timber, pearls and gems being ...
The early history of the dynasty was described in the Rajatarangini (Chronicle of Kings), a work written by Kalhana in the mid-12th century, upon which many studies of the first 150 years of the dynasty depend. Subsequent accounts, which provide information up to and beyond the end of the dynasty, come from Jonarāja and Śrīvara. The later ...
A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar. New Delhi: Indian Branch, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-560686-8. Sen, Sailendra Nath (1999). Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age Publishers. ISBN 81-224-1198-3. Thapar, Romila (2003) [2003]. The Penguin History of Early India. New Delhi: Penguin Books.
The origin of the Kalachuris is uncertain. [2] In inscriptions, they are variously known as Kalachuri, Kalatsuri, and Katatchuri. [3] Some historical records — such as the 7th-8th century records of their southern neighbours, the Chalukyas also call them Haihayas although the Kalachuris of Mahishmati do not call themselves by this name in any of their extant records.
The capital of the Vaidehas was the city of Mithilā, whose name was derived from that of the Vaideha king Mithi. [5] [5] According to Vayu Purana, the capital city of Videha is referred as Jayantapura which was founded by the King Nimi. [6] Similarly in Bal Kand of Valmiki Ramayana, the city is referred as Vaijanta. [7]
The Kingdom of Gujarat was an early medieval kingdom in Western India.The kingdom was ruled by two related dynasties, the Chaulukyas and the Vaghelas, for a period of nearly four centuries and was ultimately conquered by the Delhi Sultanate as the Gujarat Province.
The Western Chalukya Empire (/ tʃ ə ˈ l uː k j ə / chə-LOO-kyə) ruled most of the western Deccan, South India, between the 10th and 12th centuries.This dynasty is sometimes called the Kalyani Chalukya after its regal capital at Kalyani, today's Basavakalyan in the modern Bidar district of Karnataka state, and alternatively the Later Chalukya from its theoretical relationship to the 6th ...