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Kongu Chera dynasty

For early historic Chera rulers of south India, see Chera dynasty.

Kongu Chera dynasty
Cheras of Karur (Vanchi)
8th/9th century AD–11th/12th century AD
Kongu country with respect to the Chola Empire and the Chera Perumal kingdom (marked as "Chera")
Kongu country with respect to the Chola Empire and the Chera Perumal kingdom (marked as "Chera")
Capital
Common languages
Religion
Hinduism
History 
• Established
8th/9th century AD
• Disestablished
11th/12th century AD
Today part ofIndia

Kongu Chera dynasty, or Cheras or Keralas[1] of Kongu or Karur, or simply as the Chera dynasty, was 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 (Karur), the ancient base of the early historic Cheras, in central Tamil Nadu.[3][4] The Chera rulers of Kongu were subordinate to or conquered by Chalukya, Pallava and Pandya kings.[5] Rashtrakuta and Chola rulers are also said to have overrun the Kongu Chera country.[6][7]

The Kongu Cheras claimed that they were descended from the Cheras who flourished in pre-Pallava (early historic) south India.[8] Present-day central Kerala detached from Kongu Chera kingdom around 8th-9th century AD to form the Chera kingdom on the western coast (fl. c. 9th – 12th century AD).[3] The exact relationship between the two branches of the Chera family, one based in Karur and the other based in Kodungallur, is not known to scholars.[4]

The Kongu Cheras are often described as the members of Chandra-Aditya Kula (the Luni-Solar Race) in around 9th-11th centuries AD. Kongu Cheras appear to have been absorbed into the Pandya political system by 10th-11th century AD.[4] A collateral branch of the Kongu Cheras, known as "Kongu Cholas", later ruled the Kongu country under the Cholas.[9]

  1. ^ The term "Kerala", the non-Dravidian title related to the original Tamil root "Chera" or "Cheraman", here refers to the clan name, not the modern Malayalam-speaking geographical entity. The clan name was later transferred to a geographical region.
  2. ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 89-90 and 92-93.
  3. ^ a b Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 89-90 and 92-93.
  4. ^ a b c Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 80-81.
  5. ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 89-90 and 92-93.
  6. ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 93-95.
  7. ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 80-81.
  8. ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 1972 [2013]. 89-90 and 92-93.
  9. ^ Ali, Daud. "A Study of the Term Veḷam in Tamil Inscriptions." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, vol. 70, no. 3, 2007, pp. 487–509.

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