The Chera is one of the three dynasties of ancient Dravidian India, the others being the Cholas who ruled on the Coromandel Coast of Pandya and occupying the southern Dravida, which dominate much of the history of southern India and are in almost perpetual conflict to ensure their predominance. Its kings belonged to the tribe Vânavar, perhaps the Vanara people or apes of the Ramayana. The Chera reign on the Malabar coast in a region that corresponds to the modern state of Kerala, whose name comes from Keralaputra or son of Chera. They are mentioned in the inscriptions of Ashoka and correspond to Caelobothras Ptolemy.
The Chera capital to establish their Vanch, which is usually located Karur near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. Some however see it as the region of Kochi. Twenty-five Chera kings are known with details of their reign. We know in particular that they are fighting against piracy and they favored trade, especially spices, ivory, timber and gems to the Middle East and southern Europe, a trade was a great source of wealth for the region. At the same time as the goods exchanged between systems of beliefs, the country hosts the Chera Buddhism and Jainism from the third or second century BCE, and he sees the Jews to settle there very early, possibly be a result of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem and that is where the tradition is to take countries to Thomas came to spread the teachings of Christ.
Over history, several branches of Chera reign over the country, such as that founded by King Udiyanjeral to 130, those of Ay and Nannan prevailing respectively in the southern and northern coast. Yet we know little about the early Chera kings. One of them, Senguttuvan, who reigned in the second century, knotted relations with the kingdoms of Ceylon, which is described by the Silappadhikaram, a book written by his brother Ilango Adigal. By 800, the branch Perumal - also called Kulashekhara - dominates the whole coast and until the reign of its last king Ramâvarma Kulashekhara. We find a branch of Chera, then called Zamorin, head of Calicut in the fifteenth century. The latter, traditionally trader with Arabs fight against the Portuguese alliance with rajas of Kochi in the sixteenth century.
The Chera capital to establish their Vanch, which is usually located Karur near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. Some however see it as the region of Kochi. Twenty-five Chera kings are known with details of their reign. We know in particular that they are fighting against piracy and they favored trade, especially spices, ivory, timber and gems to the Middle East and southern Europe, a trade was a great source of wealth for the region. At the same time as the goods exchanged between systems of beliefs, the country hosts the Chera Buddhism and Jainism from the third or second century BCE, and he sees the Jews to settle there very early, possibly be a result of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem and that is where the tradition is to take countries to Thomas came to spread the teachings of Christ.
Over history, several branches of Chera reign over the country, such as that founded by King Udiyanjeral to 130, those of Ay and Nannan prevailing respectively in the southern and northern coast. Yet we know little about the early Chera kings. One of them, Senguttuvan, who reigned in the second century, knotted relations with the kingdoms of Ceylon, which is described by the Silappadhikaram, a book written by his brother Ilango Adigal. By 800, the branch Perumal - also called Kulashekhara - dominates the whole coast and until the reign of its last king Ramâvarma Kulashekhara. We find a branch of Chera, then called Zamorin, head of Calicut in the fifteenth century. The latter, traditionally trader with Arabs fight against the Portuguese alliance with rajas of Kochi in the sixteenth century.
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