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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Kulasekhara''' (sometimes in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]]: '''Kulachekara''') is a South Asian male name, used as both given and last name, prevalent in south India ([[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Kerala]]) and [[Sri Lanka]]. <br />
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Medieval [[Chera/Perumals of Makotai|Chera]] kings of [[Kerala]], was formerly referred by historians as '''Kulasekharas'''. It was assumed that the all medieval [[Chera/Perumals of Makotai|Chera]] kings of [[Kerala]] bore the abhishekanama 'Kulasekhara'.<ref name=":32">{{Cite journal|last=Veluthat|first=Kesavan|date=2018|title=History and Historiography in Constituting a Region: The Case of Kerala|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2348448918759852|journal=Studies in People's History|volume=5|pages=13–31|doi=10.1177/2348448918759852 |s2cid=166060066 |via=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Ganesh|first=K.N.|date=2009|title=Historical Geography of Natu in South India with Special Reference to Kerala|url=|journal=Indian Historical Review|language=|volume=36|issue=1|pages=3–21|doi=10.1177/037698360903600102|s2cid=145359607 |issn=0376-9836}}</ref> It is now known that the kings did not bear the specific abhishekanama 'Kulasekhara'.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":32" /><br />
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== People with name Kulasekhara ==<br />
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* [[Nuwan Kulasekara]], Sri Lankan [[Cricket|cricketer]] (born 1982)<br />
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== Historical ==<br />
Several Pandya royals with the 'regnal name' Kulasekhara are known to scholars.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://india.oup.com/product/a-concise-history-of-south-india-9780198099772?|title=A Concise History of South India|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|isbn=|editor-last=Karashima|editor-first=Noburu|location=New Delhi|pages=124}}</ref><br />
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*[[Jatavarman Kulasekaran I|Jatavarma Kulasekara I]] (''fl.'' late 12th century AD)<br />
*[[Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I|Maravarma Kulasekara I]] (''fl.'' 13th century AD)<br />
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Two medieval [[Chera/Perumals of Makotai|Chera]] kings of [[Kerala]], with the name 'Kulasekhara' are known from epigraphy.<ref name=":13">{{Cite book|last=Devadevan|first=Manu V.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/in/academic/subjects/history/south-asian-history/early-medieval-origins-india?format=PB&isbn=9781108748513|title=The 'Early Medieval' Origins of India|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2020|isbn=|location=|pages=229–30|chapter=The Semantic Universe of the Kudiyattam Theatre}}</ref><br />
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* [[Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara]] or [[Kulasekhara Alvar|Kulasekhara the Alvar]] or Kulasekhara Varma (''fl.'' 9th century AD)<ref name=":23">{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://india.oup.com/product/a-concise-history-of-south-india-9780198099772?|title=A Concise History of South India|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|isbn=|editor-last=Karashima|editor-first=Noburu|location=New Delhi|pages=145–46}}</ref><ref name=":32" /><br />
* [[Rama Varma Kulashekhara|Rama Kulasekhara]] (''fl.'' late 11th century AD)<ref name=":44">{{Cite book|last=Narayanan|first=M. G. S|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0376983614521543|title=Perumals of Kerala: Brahmin Oligarchy and Ritual Monarchy|publisher=CosmoBooks|year=2013|isbn=|location=Thrissur (Kerala)|pages=171|doi=10.1177/0376983614521543 |s2cid=143612532 |orig-year=1972}}</ref><br />
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=== Dynasties with name Kulasekhara ===<br />
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* Ruling lineage of the kingdom of [[Venad]] - Kulasekhara dynasty.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thapar|first=Romila|title=The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2002|isbn=|location=|pages=368}}</ref><ref name=":22" />'''<ref name=":44" />'''<br />
*In the modern period the rulers of [[Thiruvananthapuram|Travancore]] were also known as the Kulasekharas.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kula Shaker]], a British rock band inspired by Kulasekhara Alvar<br />
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