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The Chera branch from Kongu country (based at Karur), also called the Keralas, seems to have dominated the old Chera territories (including present-day Kerala). [ 83 ] The region was also affected by the rise of the Kalabhras , [ 82 ] and then by the Chalukya and Pallava- Pandya domination and the ascent of the Rashtrakutas and Cholas.
The Three Crowned Kings, [a] were the triumvirate of Chera, Chola and Pandya who dominated the politics of the ancient Tamil country, Tamilakam, from their three Nadu (countries) of Chola Nadu, Pandya Nadu (present day Madurai and Tirunelveli) and Chera Nadu (present day Kerala and some parts of Tamilnadu) in southern India.
Kongu Chera dynasty, or Cheras or Keralas [1] of Kongu or Karur, or simply as the Chera dynasty, were a medieval royal lineage in south India, initially ruling over western Tamil Nadu and central Kerala. [2] The headquarters of the Kongu Cheras was located at Karur-Vanchi , the ancient base of the early historic Cheras, in central Tamil Nadu.
Vanchi was a headquarters of Chera dynasty, who ruled central Kerala and western Tamil Nadu (the Kongu region) in the early historic south India. [1] [2] The exact location of Vanchi is matter of a debate among historians. [3] It is speculated that the location was identical with medieval Vanchi Karur (modern Karur). [3] [2]
The Chera army thus marched to the Ganges, crossed it with the boats supplied by the Nutruvar Kannar, and camped in the uttara country. Soon the northern Arya rulers led by Kanaka, Vijaya, sons of Balakumara, and allied princes Uttara, Vichitra, Rudra, Bhairava, Chitra, Singha, Dhanurdhara and Sveta encountered the forces of Chenkuttuvan with a ...
This is not the official Chera dynasty flag, but a modern imagination of what the flag used by Chera dynasty would look like. It has no historical background (no historical information on the shade or hue of the color, the angle of lines, the curvature or straightness of lines, etc).
The following Cheras are knowns other early Tamil collections (some of the names are re-duplications). [4]Vanavaramban Uthiyan Cheral Athan [4]; Kudakko Nedum Cheral Athan [4]
Battle of Venni (c. 190 CE [2] [1]) was a military engagement fought by the early historic Chola ruler Karikala against a confederacy led by the Pandya and Chera rulers. [1] [2] Venni is generally identified with present day Kovil Venni east of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.