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Sthanu Ravi Varma

Chera king of Mahodayapuram known from several dated inscriptions, including grants to Jewish and Christian communities on the Malabar coast (the Jewish and Syrian Christian copper plates), which are significant early records of those communities in India

Introduction

Chera king of Mahodayapuram known from several dated inscriptions, including grants to Jewish and Christian communities on the Malabar coast (the Jewish and Syrian Christian copper plates), which are significant early records of those communities in India

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This article records a figure from the medieval Kulasekhara (second Chera) dynasty of Mahodayapuram, Kerala, and its successor swaroopams. The dynasty's genealogy is reconstructed chiefly from temple and copper-plate inscriptions rather than a continuous chronicle, and its later kings and the founders of the post-fragmentation successor states are less firmly attested than its earlier phase, as noted in the individual entries.

Sources

  1. Jewish copper plates of Bhaskara Ravi Varman (sometimes associated with this reign) (primary text)
  2. Tarisapalli copper plates (primary text)
  3. A Survey of Kerala History (scholarly)

This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.