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The Cheras were another prominent dynasty during the Sangam Age in South India, alongside the Cholas and the Pandyas. The Chera kingdom, located in present-day Kerala and Kongu Nadu, had a significant impact on trade, economy, and cultural exchange during that time. The Cheras were known for their extensive trade networks and maritime activities.
The Chera kingdom was one of the Tamil dynasties who ruled southern India from ancient times until around the 12th century CE. 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.
Sri Lankan Tamil dialects are noted for their archaism and retention of words not in everyday use in Southern India. The cultures of the Sri Lankan Tamils are also very distinctive and unique, even though the cultural influence of modern South India has grown and become prevalent since the 19th century.
[4] [5] [6] Their influence extended over central Kerala and western Tamil Nadu until the end of the early historic period in southern India. [1] The Cheras of the early historical period (c. second century BCE – c. third century CE [6]) are known to have had their centre in interior Tamil country and harbours at Muchiri (Muziris) and Thondi ...
The Pallava dynasty, also known as Tondaimandalam, was an Indian dynasty that existed from 275 CE to 897 CE, ruling a significant portion of southern India. They gained prominence after the downfall of the Satavahana dynasty, with whom they had formerly served as feudatories. [1] [2]
Kerala. The term Kerala was first epigraphically recorded as Cheras (Keralaputra) in a 3rd-century BCE rock inscription by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka of Magadha. [1] It was mentioned as one of four independent kingdoms in southern India during Ashoka's time, the others being the Cholas, Pandyas and Satyaputras. [2]
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.
173 — 195 CE [1]). In this context, Chenkuttavan (and the early Tamil poems) can be dated to either the first or last quarter of the 2nd century CE. [13] The method is considered as the "sheet anchor" for the purpose of dating the events in the early historic Tamil texts (and early historic rulers of southern India). [13] [18] [19]