what was the name given to the cheras and why
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Answer:"Chera" and "Cheras" redirect here. For other uses, see Chera (disambiguation) and Cheras (disambiguation).
Chera
Chera country in early historic south India
Chera country in early historic south India
Capital Early Cheras
Vanchi Karuvur (Karur)
Muchiri (Muziris)
Thondi (Tyndis)
Kongu Cheras
Karur
Kodungallur Cheras (formerly Kulasekharas)
Kodungallur (Makotai/Vanchi)
Venadu Cheras
Kollam
Common languages
Tamil
Malayalam
Religion Hinduism
Today part of India
Chera dynasty
Early Cheras
Uthiyan Cheral AthanNedum Cheral AthanPalyani Sel Kezhu Kuttuvan (Anthuvan Cheral?)Kalankakkanni Narmudi CheralChenguttuvan Chera (Vel Kezhu Kuttuvan)Adu Kottu Cheral AthanAnthuvan CheralSelva Kadumko Valia AthanPerum Cheral IrumporaiIllam Cheral IrumporaiMantaran Cheral IrumporaiKanaikkal Irumporai
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Kadummipudha CheraKo Athan Cheral IrumporaiPerum Kadungo (Irumporai)Ilam Kadungo (Irumporai)
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Mak-kotaiKuttuvan KotaiKollippuraiKol-IrumporaiSa Irumporai
Kongu Cheras (Karur)
Ravi Goda
Kantan Ravi
Vira Goda
Vira Narayana
Vira Chola
Vira Kerala
Amarabhujangadeva
Kerala Kesari Adhirajarajadeva
Kodungallur Cheras (formerly Kulasekharas)[I]
Rama (?) Rajashekhara (9th century)
Cheraman Perumal Nayanar (?)
Kulashekhara Varma (Alvar?) (Sthanu Ravi?) (9th century)
Sthanu Ravi (Kulasekhara?)
Goda Ravi (Vijayaraga?) (10th century)
Indu Goda
Bhaskara Ravi (Manukuladitya?) (10th–11th centuries)
Rajasimha (Ravi Goda?)
Ravi Rama (Rajaditya?) (11th century)
Rama Kulashekhara (11th–12th centuries)
Note
Names (both birth names and regnal names, and even the title of the dynasty) and regnal years of the (Kodungallur / Mahodayapuram) Chera rulers of medieval period are a matter of recent and tentative research
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The Chera dynasty (or Cēra) was one of the principal lineages in the early history of the present day states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in southern India.[1] Together with the Cholas of Uraiyur and the Pandyas of Madurai, the early Cheras were known as one of the three major powers (muventar) of ancient Tamilakam (a macro region in south India[1]) in the early centuries of the Common Era.[2][3]
The people of the Chera country owed their importance to exchange of spices, especially black pepper, with Middle Eastern and Graeco-Roman merchants. The age and antiquity of the dynasty is difficult to establish.The Cheras of the early historical period second century BCE - c. third century CE are known to have had their original centre at Karur/Karuvur-Vanchi in interior Tamil Nadu and harbours at Muchiri (Muziris) and Thondi (Tyndis) on the Indian Ocean coast (Kerala).The early historic (pre-Pallava Chera chiefdom is often described as a "redistributive economy based on kinship". It was largely shaped by agriculture, of both crops and livestock, and "predatory politics".Inscriptions discovered from Karur dated to c. 1st - 2nd century CE, describe Ilam Kadungo, son of Perum Kadungo, and the grandson of Ko Athan Cheral of the Irumporai clan. Inscribed portrait coins with Brahmi legends give a number of names, such as Mak-kotai, Kuttuvan Kotai, Kollippurai, and Kolli Irumporai. Reverse of these coins often contained the Chera bow and arrow symbol.
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