चेर वंश

• aitarey brahman mean ullikhit 'cherapad:' sambhavat: cheroan ke vishay mean pratham janakari hai.
• isake atirikt ramayan, mahabharat, ashok ke shilalekh, kalidas ke 'raghuvansh mahakavy' evan 'sangam sahity' se bhi cheroan ke bare mean janakari milati hai.
• cher rajy adhunik koankan, malabar ka tatiy kshetr tatha uttari travanakor evan kochin tak vistrit tha.
• ashok ke shilalekhoan mean 'keralaputr' ke nam se charchit cher rajy ko 'kudavar', 'billavar', 'kuttavar', 'puraiyar', 'malaiyar' evan 'banaravar' adi namoan se bhi jana jata hai.
• cheroan ka rajakiy chihn 'dhanush' tha.

==cher vansh ke pramukh shasak==

1. udiyanajeral
2. nedunajeral adan
3. palayanaishelkelu kuttavan
4. shenaguttavan athava dharmaparayan kuttavan
5. perunajeral iranporee

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madhyamik

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