KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / KULASEKHARAS OF
MAHODAYAPURAM (800-1102 AD) / NOTES
KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / KULASEKHARAS OF
MAHODAYAPURAM (800-1102 AD) / NOTES
· Kulasekharas of Mahodayapuram is also known as Second
Chera Empire
· Kulasekhara Varman or Kulasekhara Alwar was the founder
of Second Chera Empire
· Kulasekhara Alwar wrote Perumal Tirumozhi in Tamil and
Mukundamala in Sanskrit
· The Terisapalli Copper Plate of 849 AD was issued by
Ayyan Atikal Tirivatikal for the Kulasekhara ruler Sthanu Ravi Varman
· The Arab traveller Sulaiman (851 AD) visited Kerala
during the reign of Sthanu Ravi Varman.
· The Jewish Copper plate of 1000 AD(175 Kollam Era) was
issued by Bhaskara Ravi Varman I.
· The famous “hundred years war” between the Cholas and
Cheras began during the reign of Bhaskara Ravi Varman I.
· Ramavarma Kulasekhara (1090-1102) was the last of
Kulasekharas of Mahodayapuram
· Ramavarma Kulasekhara shifted his capital from
Mahodayapuram to Quilon and Quilon came to be called ‘Ten Vanchi’ (Vanchi of
the South)
KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / KULASEKHARAS OF
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·
The Cheraman Legend
says that the last Chera Emperor (Cheraman Perumal) received Islam, went to
Arabia
·
The “Tuhagfat-ul-Mujaidhin”
of Sheik Zainuddin refers about the Cheraman legend.
·
‘Munnuthavar’ and ‘Arunnuttavar’
were local assemblies to look after the administration
·
Manigramam, Anchuvannam
and ‘Valanjiur’ were famous merchant’s guilds of the period
·
Malayalam became an independent
language, freed from Tamil during the period of the Kulasekharas (9th
Century AD)
·
Sankaracharya (788-820
AD) the great Advaita philosopher was an younger contemporary of Kulasekhara
Alwar
·
Sankaracharya was a Namboothiri
Brahmin born at Kaladi on the banks of river Periyar
·
Sankaracharya
propogated the Advaita philosophy which had its roots in Upanishadic teachings
·
Sankaracharya founded
four mutts in four corners of India: Badrinath in the North (Jyotir Mutt) Puri in
the East (Govardhan) Dwaraka in the West (Sarada Mutt) and Sringeri in the
South
KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / KULASEKHARAS OF
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·
Vadakke Madham,
Neduwil Madham, Edayil Madham and Thekke Madham are the four mutts founded by
Sankaracharya in Trichur.
·
Sankaracharya wrote
commentaries on the Brahmasutras the Bhagavat Gita and the principal
Upanishads. He also composed poems like Vivekachudmani, Updeshasahasri, Atmabodha,
Mohamudgara, Sivanandalahari and Saundaryalahari
·
Bhakti Movement
became prominent under the Kulasekharas
·
Saivite saints were
called Nayanars and Vaishnavite Saints were called Alwars
·
Vedic schools
attached to the temples during the Kulasekhara period were known as Salais. The
Kanthalur Salai is popularly known as Nalanda of the south (Dakshina Nalanda)
·
Kanthavallur Anyonyam,
three proficiency tests in the Rigveda, was conducted during the Kulasekhara
period related to the Brahmins.
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