Table of Contents
- 1 What is Chera Nadu?
- 2 What is the present name of Chera?
- 3 What was the old name of Tamil Nadu?
- 4 Who was the founder of Chera dynasty?
- 5 Where was the Chera kingdom established?
- 6 Who established Chera?
- 7 Where was the Chera inscription found in Tamil Nadu?
- 8 What is the origin of the Cheras of Kerala?
- 9 What is the meaning of the Tamil word ‘Chera’?
What is Chera Nadu?
The Chera dynasty(or Cēra), IPA: [t͡ʃeːɾɐ], was one of the principal lineages in the early history of the present day state of Kerala and some parts of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
What is the present name of Chera?
Cera dynasty, Cera also spelled Chera, also called Keralaputra, rulers of an ancient kingdom in what is now Kerala state, southwestern India. Cera was one of the three major kingdoms of southern India that constituted Tamilkam (territory of the Tamils) and was centred on the Malabar Coast and its hinterland.
What was the old name of Tamil Nadu?
Madras State
In 1969, Madras State was renamed Tamil Nadu, meaning “Tamil country”.
What was the other name of Chera state in India?
The word Chera probably derived from Cheral, meaning “declivity of a mountain” in ancient Tamil. They were also known as ‘Keraputras’ and their kingdom was situated to the west and north of the Pandya kingdom.
When was Chera founded?
One of the many ancient Tamil dynasties that ruled in ancient times in Southern India was the Chera dynasty, which was founded in the 9th century and ruled until around the 15th century.
Who was the founder of Chera dynasty?
Kulashekhara Alwar, a Tamil King in 800 AD, founded the second Chera Dynasty. He had united the parts of the Modern Kerala and ruled from his capital Mahodayapuram that is today’s Kodungallur. Kulashekhara wrote Perumal thirumozhi, one of the most celebrated devotional works of the Tamil Bhakti cult.
Where was the Chera kingdom established?
The Chera kingdom of Mahodayapuram was established in the ninth century in the south-western part of the peninsula, part of present-day Kerala.
Who established Chera?
Kulashekhara Alwar, a Tamil King in 800 AD, founded the second Chera Dynasty. He had united the parts of the Modern Kerala and ruled from his capital Mahodayapuram that is today’s Kodungallur.
Who defeated Chera?
Answer: The Pandyas were defeated by Chola king Parantaka in 910 AD (the fate of the Kongu Chera country, then ruled by Kongu Cheras, upon the fall of Madurai is not known).
Where did the Cheras rule in India?
The Early Cheras ruled over the Coimbatore, Karur and Salem Districts in South India, which now forms part of the modern day Tamil Nadu ( Kongu Nadu ). The other two major Tamil dynasties were the Cholas in the eastern Coromandel Coast and Pandyas in the south central peninsula.
Where was the Chera inscription found in Tamil Nadu?
A short Tamil-Brahmi inscription, containing the word Chera (“Kadummi Pudha Chera”) was found at Edakkal in the Western Ghats. Recent archaeological discoveries increasingly confirm Karur as a political, economic and cultural centre of ancient south India.
What is the origin of the Cheras of Kerala?
The medieval Cheras claimed that they were descended from the Cheras who flourished in pre- Pallava (early historic) south India. Present-day central Kerala probably detached from Kongu Chera/Kerala kingdom (around 8th-9th century AD) to form the Chera Perumal kingdom.
What is the meaning of the Tamil word ‘Chera’?
In the modern period the rulers of Cochin and Travancore (in Kerala) also claimed the title “Chera”. The term Chera – and its variant form “Keralaputas” – stands for the ruling lineage and the country associated with them.