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{{Short description|Name of the Chera capital, south India}} | |||
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'''Vanchi''' | '''Vanchi''' was the headquarters of the [[Chera dynasty]] at [[Kodungallur]] and [[Karur]] which ruled central [[Kerala]] and western [[Tamil Nadu]] ([[Kongu Nadu|the Kongu country]]) in the early historic south India.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |last=Karashima |first=Noburu |url=https://india.oup.com/product/a-concise-history-of-south-india-9780198099772 |title=A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |pages=145–46 |chapter=States in the Deccan and Kerala}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Champakalakshmi |first=R. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Trade_Ideology_and_Urbanization/IGTaAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Trade,%20Ideology,%20and%20Urbanization |title=Trade, Ideology, and Urbanization: South India 300 BC to AD 1300 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1996 |pages=118-119}}</ref> <ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Narayanan |first=M. G. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YDCngEACAAJ |title=Perumals of Kerala |publisher=CosmoBooks |year=2013 |isbn= |location=Thrissur (Kerala) |pages=18–19 |chapter= |orig-year=1972}}</ref> It is speculated that the site corresponded to the medieval Vanchi Karur, identified modern [[Kodungallur]],[[Kerala]] and [[Karur]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> | ||
Both Chera (Kerala) capitals are referred to as "Vanchi": | |||
* Vanchi Karur or Karuvur | * Vanchi Karur or Karuvur<ref name=":0" /> — present-day [[Karur]], Tamil Nadu (capital of the [[Kongu Chera dynasty|Cheras or Keralas of the western Tamil country]])<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> | ||
* [[Kodungallur]] | * [[Kodungallur]] — Mahodaya-puram (Makothai) — [[Thiruvanchikulam Temple|Thiruvanchikkulam]] (capital of the [[Chera/Perumals|medieval Chera rulers of Kerala]])<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> | ||
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Vanchi was the headquarters of the Chera dynasty at Kodungallur and Karur which ruled central Kerala and western Tamil Nadu (the Kongu country) in the early historic south India.[1][2] [3] It is speculated that the site corresponded to the medieval Vanchi Karur, identified modern Kodungallur,Kerala and Karur, Tamil Nadu.[3][2]
Both Chera (Kerala) capitals are referred to as "Vanchi":
- Vanchi Karur or Karuvur[2] — present-day Karur, Tamil Nadu (capital of the Cheras or Keralas of the western Tamil country)[3][2]
- Kodungallur — Mahodaya-puram (Makothai) — Thiruvanchikkulam (capital of the medieval Chera rulers of Kerala)[3][2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Karashima, Noburu (2014). "States in the Deccan and Kerala". A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. Oxford University Press. pp. 145–46.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Champakalakshmi, R. (1996). Trade, Ideology, and Urbanization: South India 300 BC to AD 1300. Oxford University Press. pp. 118–119.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Narayanan, M. G. S. (2013) [1972]. Perumals of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks. pp. 18–19.
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