History of Chera dynasty | ചേരസാമ്രാജ്യത്തിന്‍റെ ചരിത്രം

King's and kingdom's history of india we imagine that asoka the great , asoka kingdom , maurya empire . That all are about ancient piriod . And we know midle period dynasties about mughal empire , delhi sultanate and maratha empire . But , we less knowledge about south indian kings and dynasties in ancient times . Commonly three dynasties are exists in south india in since ancient times . They are cholas , pandiyas , and cheras . That known as ' mooventhirargal ' that simple means or mentioned as three dynasty kings or three dynasties . Chere dynasty ruled main region of kerala's main land and some parts of modern day tamilnadu . Chera kings also known as tamil kings . Because malayalam was not seperated from tamil in yearly chera period . And chera kings also follows tamil culture and language . It was sangha period tamil . Actually malayalam is literally formed from sangha period tamil also . The cholas history has founded many ways and also get many stone writings . Pandiya's history and proofs also get in many ways . But chera's history cannot get widely from stone writings and ancient leaf writing . So First known chera king was udiyan cheralathan his land is he has two sons . Imaya varamban nedum cheralathan and palyanaiselkezhukuttuvan . When udiyan cheralathan left , imaya varamban nedum cheralathan ruled the kingdom . He is a warrior . But he died in a war between chola kings . Then palyanai sel kezhu kuttuvan become next chera king . He also a warrior . And he spread his kingdom to kongunadu (modern palakkad and coimbatore and nearly places also ) . After palyanai sel kezhu kuttuvan left the kingdom , cheran chenguttuvan become next king in chera dynasty . in this time , main enimies of cheras are kadambas . Kadambas is a rulers who ruled southern and western karnataka and some parts of northern kerala also . Cannot get any compremise for both of them . In this period , chera dynasty become rich and they starts and continuing sea trade . Ilam venmal was the Wife of cheran chenguttuvan . She is a devottee of ancient tamil goddes or tamil diety kannaki . She demand to built a temple for kannaki . Cheran chenguttuvan discussed his plan to palace gurus and adwisers . Finally they decide to do pick a stone from himalayan mountains and built a temple for kannaki . But travel was the main task for cheras . Because travel to himalaya throu kadamba's area is more risk . Once upon a time years before , kadamba kings start a big war against cheras with the help of yavanas . Usually ancient greeks and romans are called as yavanas in ancient south indian texts . Yavanas and kadambas together fight against cheras with about two thousand warships . But cheras won the war . So
passing throu kadamba's kingdom is risk to cheras . Then he decide to go throu sea ships . Start travel And arrived orissa . The king of orissa welcomes the chera king and team . Then they starts travel throu ganga river with small boats . But suddenly some north indian kings and princesses appears and stopped the chera king that he travel throu on there land . And the chera king also fight against north indian kings and won the war . Then starts their travel . They arrive himalayas and pick the stones and returned . Then make an idol to kannaki and make a temple in south india for the deity . These all are written in ancient south indian scriptures like sangha literates . Like as purnanooru , pathitru pathu , silappathikaram also .