Rulers of the Chera dynasty
Appearance
The Rulers of the Chera dynasty can be
- Rulers of early historic Chera polity
- Medieval Chera rulers
- Chera rulers from Vanchi Karur (Karur)
- Chera rulers from Mahodayapuram (Kodungallur)
Rulers of early historic Chera polity
[edit]From early historic inscriptions
[edit]- Ko Athan Chel Irumporai (Chelva Kadungo Vazhi Athan)[1]
- Perum Kadungon (Perum Cheral Irumporai)[1]
- Kadungon Ilam Kadungo (Ilam Cheral Irumporai)[1]
- Kadummiputhra Chera[1]
- Ko Athan[1]
From early historic coins
[edit]Cheras from early Tamil poems
[edit]Chera rulers from the decades of Pathitrupathu Collection.
- (missing)
- Imayavaramban Nedum Cheral Athan[3]
- Palyanai Chel Kezhu Kuttuvan[3]
- Narmudi Cheral[3]
- Chenguttuvan[3]
- Adu Kottu Pattu Cheral Athan[3]
- Chelva Kadungo Vazhi Athan[3]
- Tagadur Erinta Perum Cheral Irumporai[3]
- Kudakko Ilam Cheral Irumporai[3]
- (missing)
Muchiri-Karur branch (around Muchiri)[3] | Karur branch (Kongu area)[3] | |
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Clan or line name: Porai[3] or Irumporai[1] | ||
Imayavaramban Nedum Cheral Athan[3] | Anthuvan[3] | |
Palyanai Chel Kezhu Kuttuvan[3] | Chelva Kadungo Vazhi Athan[3] | Ko Athan Chel Irumporai[1] |
Narmudi Cheral[3] | Tagadur Erinta Perum Cheral Irumporai[3] | Perum Kadungon[1] |
Chenguttuvan[3] | Kudakko Ilam Cheral Irumporai[3] | Kadungon Ilam Kadungo[1] |
Adu Kottu Pattu Cheral Athan[3] |
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]
- Kadalottiya Vel Kezhu Kuttuvan[4]
- Perum Cheral Athan[4]
- Ko Kothai Marpan[4]
- Cheraman Vanchan[4]
- Anthuvan Cheral Irumporai[4]
- "Yanaikatchai" Mantharam Cheral Irumporai[4]
- Kanaikkal Irumporai[4]
- Kudakko Cheral Irumporai[4]
- Karuvur Eriya Ol-val Ko Perum Cheral Irumporai[4]
- Palai Padiya Perum Kadungo[4]
- Cheraman Ma Vengo[4]
- Kuttuvan Kothai[4]
- Kottambalathu Thunchiya Makkothai[4]
- Kottambalathu Thunchiya Cheraman[4]
- Kadungo Valia Athan[4]
Medieval Chera rulers
[edit]Chera rulers from Karur (Kongu Cheras)
[edit]- Ravi Goda ("Ravi")[5][6]
- Kantan[5][7]
- Kantan Ravi[8][9]
- Kantan Vira Narayana[5][9]
- Ravi Kantan "Vira Chola" [7][8][5]
- Vira Goda[8]
- Vira Chola Kalimurkka[10]
- Kalimurkka Vikrama Chola[10]
Chera rulers from Mahodayapuram (Kodungallur)
[edit]- Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara[17]
- Kulasekhara Alvar[18]
- Kulasekhara Varma[19]
- Rama Rajasekhara[17]
- Vijayaraga[17]
- Goda Goda[17]
- Kerala Kesari[17]
- Goda Ravi[17]
- Indu/Indesvara Goda[17]
- Bhaskara Ravi Manukuladitya[17]
- Ravi Goda[17]
- Rajasimha[17]
- Raja Raja[17]
- Ravi Rama[17]
- Rama Rajaditya[20]
- Aditya Goda Ranaditya[17]
- Rama Kulasekhara[17]
References
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- ^ Majumdar, Susmita Basu (2017). "Money Matters: Indigenous and Foreign Coins in the Malabar Coast". In Mathew, K. S. (ed.). Imperial Rome, Indian Ocean Regions and Muziris: New Perspectives on Maritime Trade. Routledge. pp. 407–408.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Subbarayalu, Y. (2014). "Early Tamil Polity". In Noburu, Karashima (ed.). A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. 48–52.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Aiyar, K. G. Sesha (1937). "Udiyan Ceralatan". Chera Kings of the Sangam Period. London: Luzac and Co. pp. 04–05.
- ^ a b c d Ramamurthy, A. (1986). Mahalingam, N. (ed.). History of Kongu: Pre-historic Period to 1300 AD. Madras: ISIAC. pp. 248–49.
- ^ a b Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013 [1972]. 80-81.
- ^ a b Ramamurthy, A. (1986). Mahalingam, N. (ed.). History of Kongu: Pre-historic Period to 1300 AD. Madras: ISIAC. pp. 270–71 and 262–63.
- ^ a b c d e Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013 [1972]. 80-81.
- ^ a b Ramamurthy, A. (1986). Mahalingam, N. (ed.). History of Kongu: Pre-historic Period to 1300 AD. Madras: ISIAC. pp. 255–56.
- ^ a b Ramamurthy, A. (1986). Mahalingam, N. (ed.). History of Kongu: Pre-historic Period to 1300 AD. Madras: ISIAC. pp. 279–80 and 340.
- ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013 [1972]. 136.
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- ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013 [1972]. 121-122.
- ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013 [1972]. 140.
- ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013 [1972]. 63.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Devadevan, Manu V. (2020). "Changes in Land Relations and the Changing Fortunes of the Cēra State". The 'Early Medieval' Origins of India. Cambridge University Press. p. 122. ISBN 9781108494571.
- ^ a b Karashima, Noboru, ed. (2014). "States in Deccan and Kerala". A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. Oxford University Press. pp. 146–47. ISBN 978-0-19-809977-2.
- ^ Veluthat, Kesavan (2023). "Sthāṇu Ravi". The Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Asia and Africa. Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00527. ISBN 978-1-119-39991-9.
- ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. (2013) [1972]. "Index to Chera Inscriptions". Perumals of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks. pp. 466–67.