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Name: Chera Dynasty

Type: Polity

Start: 149 BC

End: 300 AD

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Was an ancient Tamil dynasty that controlled the western coast of southern India.

Establishment


  • January 149 BC: The Cheras of the early historical period (c. second century BC - c. third century AD) are known to have had their original centre at Karur in interior Tamil Nadu and harbours at Muchiri (Muziris) and Thondi (Tyndis) on the Indian Ocean coast (Kerala).
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    1. Events


  • January 2: The Chera dynasty was one of the great Tamil ruling families that controlled the southwest coast of India and parts of what is now Tamil Nadu from ancient times to the 15th century.

  • January 151: The Ays formed one of the major chieftains of early historic (pre-Pallava) Kerala. Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy (2nd century AD) described the "Aioi" territory as extending from the Baris (Pamba) to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari).

  • Disestablishment


  • January 301: The Kalabhra were a dynasty that ruled Tamil in southern India between the 3rd and 6th centuries AD.
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