KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / SANGHAM AGE / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / SANGHAM AGE / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / SANGHAM AGE / NOTES

 

·       First five centuries of the Christian Era are known as Sangham Age

·       Ashokan inscriptions mentions about the early Cheras with the name Cheralamputra

·       Vanchi, Karur, Thrikkariyur and Thiruvanchikkulam were the capitals of Early Cheras

·       Agriculture was the major occupation of the people in the Sangham Period

·       Venadu, Kuttanadu, Kudanadu, Puzhinadu and Karkanadu were the five divisions of Kerala in the Sangham Age

·       Non existence of caste system was a peculiaristic feature of Sangham Kerala

·       Kottavai (a form of Durga) was the chief diety of people during the Sangham age (war goddess)

·       Avvayar was the most famous poetess of the Sangham Period

·       Manram was the famous socio-political institution of the Sangham Kerala

·       Kapilar and Paranar famous poets of Sangham Age, belonged to the ‘Pana’ community

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / SANGHAM AGE / NOTES

 

·       Utiyam Cheralatham of first Chera Empire had the title ‘Vanavarampan’.

·       Cherala ruler Nedum Cheralathan adopted the title ImayaVarampan

·       Palyani Selkelukuttwan defeated the Ay kings of Venadu in battle.

·       Narmudicheral defeated Ay Ruler Nannan in the battle of Vagai Peruthurai

·       Velkelu Kuttavan had the title ‘Kadal pirakottiya’

·       During the period of Chera Chenguttuva Kerala had trade relations with Sri Lanka

·       The Royal symbol of Chera’s was Tiger and that of the Pandyas was fish.

·       Aryans began to dominate Kerala from the 4^th Century BC

·       Ezhimala ruler Konkanam Nannan was believed to be a contemporary of Bindhusara

·       The dynasty which existed in the Ezhimala (Present Naval Academy) was the ‘Mushika Vamsa’.

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / SANGHAM AGE / NOTES

 

·       Mushika Vamsa Mahakavya written by poet Athula describes about Ezhimala rulers

·       Ay dynasty belonged to the Yadava race

·       Paliyam Copper Plate (925 AD) of Vikramaditya Varaguna mentions about the Ay rulers.

·       Sri Padmanabha was the tutelary diety of Ays

·       Kollam Era was started in AD 825 (August 15) (Chingam 1) by Rajashekhara Varman Kulasekhara

·       Kollam Era is also known as Malayalam Era

·       Earliest available inscription dated in the Kollam Era is the Mampalli Plate (149) of Sri Vallabalan Kotha of Venadu

·       King Goda Ravi Varma’s Chokkur inscription contains the reference to the Devadasis in Kerala

·       The Vazhapalli inscription of Rajasekara Varman is the earliest epigraphical record of a chera king to be discovered from Kerala

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA HISTORY / SANGHAM AGE / NOTES