Kalabhra dynasty
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An Indian dynasty that replaced the Cheras and the Cholas in the Tamil region.
Establishment
January 151: The early Pandyas, along with the Cheras and the Cholas, were eventually displaced by the Kalabhra dynasty.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 276: The Pallava dynasty was established after the collapse of the Satavahana dynasty, whom the Pallavas initially served as feudatories.
January 301: The Kalabhra were a dynasty that ruled Tamil in southern India between the 3rd and 6th centuries AD.
January 346: The Kadamba dynasty was founded by Mayurasharma in c. 345.
January 351: It is theorised that the Gangas may have taken advantage of the confusion caused by the invasion of southern India by the northern king Samudra Gupta prior to 350, and carved out a kingdom for themselves. The area they controlled was called Gangavadi and included regions of the modern districts of Mysore, Hassan Chamarajanagar, Tumkur, Kolar, Mandya and Bangalore in Karnataka state.
January 421: Vikramaditya, also known as Chandragupta II, was a powerful ruler of the Gupta Empire in India. In 420, he led a military campaign to conquer the Parasikas, Hunas, and Kambojas tribes in the west and east Oxus valleys, expanding the empire's territory.
January 551: The Mutharaiyar dynasty ruled the Thanjavur, Trichy, Pudukottai, Perambalur and Thiruvarur regions between from the mid VI century.
January 551: There is no extant written evidence about the emergence of the Kingdom of Cochin or of the Cochin Royal Family, also known as Perumpadapu Swaroopam. All that is recorded are folk tales and stories, and a somewhat blurred historical picture about the origins of the ruling dynasty. Cochin kingdom ruled over a vast area in central Kerala before the Portuguese arrival. Their state stretched up to Ponnani and Pukkaitha in the north, Aanamala in the east, and Cochin and Porakkad in the south, with capital at Perumpadappu on the northern border.
Disestablishment
January 576: It is unknown as to how the Kalabhras rule ended. However, a multitude of evidence affirms that Simhavishnu - the Pallava king had united the Tamil regions, removed Kalabhras and others, consolidated his kingdom from south of the Krishna river and up to the Kaveri river by c. 575 CE.
