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  • Chera Chola Pandyas From Turvasu Ikshvaku Dynasty

    The Puranas of ancient India provide the Timeline and Kings’ list of India. Misinformation that the Dravidas are a separate entity, has been going on for quite some decades,the idea being first planted by the British, developed by Mughuls and later eagerly embraced and promoted by the Secularists of India.

    The Dravidian parties of Tamil Nadu for their personal gains have been promoting this quite vigourusly since the days of the Justice Party in Madras Presidency. The DK,DMK and the AIADMK are but another form of the Justice Party,which was a tool in the hands of the Britishers.

    The Nehruvian era wanted the label of Liberals,meaning denying a Nation it’s history and culture and promoted Western canards.

    Not realising the danger,they too contributed to this idea by trying to impose Hindi and thus increased the divide between North and South.

    I have,for the past eleven years,been researching the History of India from Indian and classical sources from the west.

    I found that there is no iota of Truth in the Concept of Aryan Invasion and that the Tamil Kings and diaspora were divorced from Sanatana Dharm.

    I have published quite a few articles proving that Tamils and Tamil kings were a part of Sanatan Dharm and Tamil kings were patrons of Sanatan Dharma.

    And there were intermarriages between the Dynasties located in the north and the South.

    Not only that.

    The great Chera, Chola and Pandya Dynasties declare themselves to be descendants of Suryavansha , Ikshvaku Dynasty to which Lord Rama belonged and Chandravansh. The cholas recorded in the Copperplates of Thiruvalangadu that they descended from Ikshvaku Dynasty.And Cholas declare elsewhere that they belong to Kasyapa Gotra.

    I have written on this.

    I have been tracing the dynasties of India.

    There were two Dynasties, Suryavansh and Chandravansh, Solar and Lunar dynasties.

    Other Dynasties of India have sprung from these two.This includes the Yadava Dynasty,to which Lord Krishna belongs.

    One finds that the Tamil Kings have descended from Turvasu ,second son of Yayati.The land alloted to them was what is now Bay of Bengal. This also tallies with Lemuria,the Land of Tamils.

    His son Puru founded the Chandravansh,Lunar Dynasty.

    Based on this one may conclude that Tamil Kings belong to Chandravansh, Lunar Dynasty.There is yet another angle. Manu,the first Human being, had a Daughter,Ila. She married Chandra and founded the Lunar Dynasty, Chandravansh.

    As her brother Ikshvaku founded the Suryavansh,Solar Dynasty,Cholas might have claimed that they belong to Solar Dynasty, Suryavansh.

    And note that these kings mentioned as having been the forefathers of Tamil Kings were the disciples of Sage Agastya.There is also the information that Agastya brought seventy two two families from Dwaraka before it sank,to South India. And they were the Velirs of Tamil Nadu,kings who were aligned to Cholas.

    The Chandravansha was founded in Treta Yuga.

    1. Pururavas
    2. Aayu
    3. Nahusha
    4. Yayati was the youngest son of King Nahusha. He had 2 wives and 5 sons.Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu, Anu and King Puru were the 5 sons of Yayati.Devayani and Sharmishtha were the two wives of Yayati. (Contemporary to Demon King Vrishparva)

    Turvasu Dynasty -Turvasu’s (the second son of King Yayati) descendants were called Mlecchas (who ruled in Balochisthan) as per Srimad Bagavatha Mahapurana and Dravidas (who ruled in South India). The following kings were the disciples of Sage Agastya (Developed Tamil language and created Kaveri River with the help of Lord Ganesha). He ruled Southern side of Bharatkhand.

    ‘Kulya (Prince of Andhra and whose descendants were Pallavas and Tondai Kings), Chola (Founder of Chola Kingdom and Dynasty), Pandya (Founder of Pandya Kingdom and Dynasty), Kerala (Whose descendants were Cheras) – Because of these kings Dravida Country (Tamil and Sanskrit are the two eyes of this country) was developed. https://en.everybodywiki.com/Turvasu,_Druhyu_and_Anu_Dynasties

    In the nineteenth chapter of book nine of the Bhagavata Purana, Puru is described as having four brothers; Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu and Anu. He exchanges his youth for old age of his father Yayati when Yayati gets cursed by Shukracharya. In return Yayati makes him his descendant though he was youngest of all. His son and successor is named as his son was Práchinvat; his son was Pravíra; his son was Manasyu.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Puru

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    According to the Shatapatha Brahmana, Pururavas was the son of Budha (himself often described as the son of Soma) and the gender-switching deity Ila (born as the daughter of Manu). Pururavas’s great-grandson was Yayati, who had five sons named Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu,Anu, and Puru. These seem to be the names of five Indo-Aryan tribes as described in the Vedas.

    According to the Mahabharata, the dynasty’s progenitor Ila ruled from Prayag, and had a son Shashabindu who ruled in the country of Bahli. Ila’s descendants were also known as the Ailas or Chandravansha

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_dynasty

  • Satavahana Dynasty Gautamiputra Satakarni Satavahavana Dynasty 9600 BC

    Satavahana Dynasty Gautamiputra Satakarni Satavahavana Dynasty 9600 BC

    I have come across the curious reticence of Historians when they write on Indian history.

    They are prepared to take as authentic texts/books by Authors from the West,from Plato, Thucydides,Xenophon,Ptolomey, Strabo,Megasthanes,Huan -tsuang,The Bible,Iliad,Odessey,Koran ,they brush aside Indian texts as myths,legends and the works of ancient Indian writers as figment of overworked imagination!

    But facts of Indian history are being confirmed by Archeology, Etymology, Cultural cross references,asro dating,Archeoastronomy,Carbon dating,Sea floor movements,Glacial movements,Strata verification , Plate Tectonics ,Cave paintings,and Epigraphs.

    Western history,as revealed by these tools,are quite nascent when compared to the Timeline of India.

    The earlier western texts can not quote the much more ancient Indian texts because they had no access or even if they had,their knowledge was limited because of their poor understanding of Sanskrit ,Brahmi of various hues and the Ethos of Indian culture.

    And nearly all of them miss out sources other than those in Sanskrit.

    There was and is Tamil,Kannada,Telugu, Bengali.

    These languages are also ancient and they have vast literature.

    References found in these sync with what is found in Sanskrit.

    Sanskrit and these languages quote each other on historical events.

    Thus we find that,

    Kannada and Tamil kings took part in the Mahabharata war,

    Bengal was over twenty-five Thousand years old,

    Varanasi is the oldest continuously inhabited city of the world,

    ……..

    So ,when foreign authors write on Indian history,they record what they have seen and not on what happened earlier in India.

    Yet some of them like Strabo,Megasthanes,Huan-tsusang,Fa-hien refer to the antiquity of India.

    Strabo and Megasthanes refer to Tamil and Lanka in detail.

    The assignment of dates in Indian history now is based nearly wholly on these western sources,and not much on Indian sources.

    If one were to devote time to study Indian texts and cross reference them among Sanskrit,Pali,Tamil,Kannada texts and further check with Epigraphs found in Indian temples,real Indian history would emerge.

    It stands to reason to trust these multiple sources as they were independent of each other , region wise language wise and the kings of these countries were at war with others at many a times.

    The problem arises when the current date assigned to an event in Indian history is way Off the mark by as much as 10,000 years!

    Yet, the evidence is compelling.

    One such is the the dating of Tamil Chera kings and the Satavahavana dynasties.

    Satavahavana dynasty ruled initially from Prathistana,Amravathi and their kingdom encompassed Central India,Andhra, Maharashtra, Karnataka.

    They succeeded the Kanva dynasty.

    The first king is Simuka.

    One of the greatest kings was Gautamiputra Satakarni.

    He assisted the Chera King Cheran Senguttuvan.

    As Senguttuvan is dated around 9600 BC,Gautamiputra Satakarni and the Satavahavana dynasty may be dated from the present First Century BC to 9600-9500 BC.

    Gautamiputra Satakarni coin.image.
    Gautamiputra Satakarni coin, Satavahavana.

    ‘This declaration by this king happened in the first century CE. This is known from the fact that this king was a friend of Gautamiputra Satakarniwhose time period has been documented. The name Satakarni is “Nootruvar kannar” in Tamil. He provided boats to enable Cheran’s army to cross the Ganges. From there onwards, till their destination in the Himalayas, they had met with some resistance. Silappadhikaram makes a mention that this Cheran king won over the “ill-mouthed Yavanas” before reaching the Himalayas (from where he procured the stone for making the image of Kannagi)..

    A cross reference comes from the Nashik inscription on the mother of Gautamiputra Satakarni that her son (Satakarni) subdued Yavanas too besides Shakas and Pahlavas. There is no other reference to when and how he made this happen. But just 2 lines from Silappadhikaram on the Cheran king’s victory over Yavanas give a complete picture of what happened.
    In Mahabharata, the Yavanas, Shakas and Pahlavas are grouped together as having kinship among themselves. Their location was in North West India at the base of Himalayas which is in today’s Pakistan or Afghanistan. It is obvious that the stone for making the deity was collected from that part of the Himalayas for which the Cheran army and Satakarni army had gone together. They had faced resistance from the Yavanas and others but successfully overpowered them.
    The exact cause for the war with them can be guessed from the Tamil text. It refers to the Yavanas as “ill-mouthed” (van sol). The Yavanas must have hurled abuses at the Cheran king and Satakani which was promptly paid back by them.
    This victory has found a mention in the Nashik inscription while it finds a fleeting mention in Silappadhikaram. The absence of reference to Pahlavas and Shakas is due to the fact all Mlecchas were referred to as Yavanas in Tamil texts.

    Source.

    Jayasreesaranathan

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    The Satavahana power was revived by Gautamiputra Satakarni, who is considered the greatest of the Satavahana rulers.Charles Higham dates his reign  103 – c. 127 CE. S. Nagaraju dates it 106–130 CE. The king defeated by him appears to have been the Western Kshatrapa ruler Nahapana, as suggested by Nahapana’s coins overstuck with names and titles of Gautamiputra. The Nashik prashasti inscription of Gautamiputra’s mother Gautami Balashri, dated to the 20th year after his death, records his achievements. The most liberal interpretation of the inscription suggests that his kingdom extended from the present-day Rajasthan in the north to Krishna river in the south, and from Saurashtra in the west to Kalinga in the east. He assumed the titles Raja-Raja (King of Kings) and Maharaja (Great King), and was described as the Lord of Vindhya.

    During the last years of his reign, his administration was apparently handled by his mother, which could have been a result of an illness or military preoccupation.According to the Nasik inscription made by his mother Gautami Balashri, he was the one …

    … who crushed down the pride and conceit of the Kshatriya; who destroyed the Sakas (Western Satraps), Yavanas (Indo-Greeks) and Pahlavas (Indo-Parthians),… who rooted out the Khakharata family (the Kshaharata family of Nahapana); who restored the glory of the Satavahana race.

    — Inscription of Queen Mother Gautami Balashri at Cave No.3 of the Pandavleni Caves in Nashik.

    Source.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satavahana_dynasty

  • Second Great Tamil Tsunami 13000 BC Chera Dynasty Silappadikaaram 9600 BC?

    Second Great Tamil Tsunami 13000 BC Chera Dynasty Silappadikaaram 9600 BC?

    I had written on Human migration stating that History of India stretches back to 1.5Million years in the light of archeological finds .

    The site at Attirampakkam,Chennai,Tamil Nadu us dated at 1.5 million years.

    Bhimbedka in North India,Edakkal cave paintings are dated 75000 years and about 100,000 years respectively.

    Then Thiruvannamalai,India is dated around 3.94 Bikkion years.

    Jwalapuram,near Cuddapah in Andhra,India is dated around 74,000 years.

    There are many more ancient sites than Ramayana and Mahabharata.

    (I have written on these sites.)

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    Acheulian stone tools which is about 1.51 million years old, have been discovered in Chennai near Attirampakkam. These stones were found by researchers from the Chennai-based Sharma Centre for Heritage Education.

    The discovery indicates that early humans (hominins), used these tools. The tools are much older than those found in Europe. These tools are also found in several countries in South Asia, including India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

    More than hundreds of different tools have been discovered from the Attirampakkam site. The most common ones are hand-axes, cleavers and small flakes. The stone axes are elongated teardrop or ovate-shaped with bifacial symmetry.

    Unlike the hand-axes, the cleavers have broad cutting edges.

    ‘https://www.newsreporter.in/million-years-old-acheulian-tools-were-found-in-chennai

    The fact that Lemuria existed and migration took place from the south of present India gets strengthened.

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    • . 60,000 BCE – 32,768 BCE
      Human habitation of India.
    • 5,500 BCE
      Cotton cultivation begins in India.
    • c. 5,000 BCE – c. 1,500 BCE
      The Indus Valley (or Harappan) Civilization.
    • c. 5,000 BCE
      Evidence of religious practices in the Indus Valley.

    https://ramanisblog.in/2018/04/05/india-1-5-million-years-old-first-human-migration-from-southern-coast-india/

    Poompuhar,the famous port of Chola kings has been found and it is dated around 11,500 ago.

    Taking into consideration the advanced construction of the remains found in Poompuhar and the richness of the Tamil language as revealed and found in Silappadikaaram,one of the Five Epics of Tamil indicate that the Tamil language should have been in existence at least five thousand years earlier.

    This is a conservative estimate.

    References to Tamil,Tamil kings are found in Sanskrit texts including Ramayana and Mahabharata.

    Poompuhar evidence.

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    Most notably these other discoveries include a second completely separate group of structures fully three miles from the Poompuhar shore in water that is more than 70 feet (23 metres) deep. The lack of interest is surprising because to anyone with even minimal knowledge of post-glacial sea-level rise their depth of submergence is – or should be – highly anomalous. Indeed according to Glenn Milne’s sea-level data the land on which these structures were built last stood above water at the end of the Ice Age more than 11,000 years ago.

    Is it a coincidence that there are ancient Tamil flood myths that speak of a great kingdom that once existed in this area called Kumari Kandam that was swallowed up by the sea? Amazingly the myths put a date of 11,600 years ago on these events — the same timeframe given by Plato for the end of Atlantis in another ocean.

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/03/02/poompuhar-find-sets-tamilhinduism-by-atleast-20000-years/

    Ilango Adigal who wrote Silappadikaram was the younger brother of the Chera king Cheran Senguttuvan.

    The happenings in Silappadikaaram took place during the lifetime of these two.

    Therefore,both Ilango Adigal,Cheran Senguttavan may be anti- dated from the present Third century BC, to 11600 CE.

    And the Tsunami of Sangam priod,the Second one,which Silappadikaaram mentions must be earlier to 15,000 years ago.

    Will be writing on the First Tsunami and the second in detail.

    And the Chera dynasty to around 11,600 years ago.

    I had written earlier with the available evidence then about the Kings List of Tamil Nadu.

    This now stands revised.

    Chera Kings List.

    Udiyancheralatan
    Antuvancheral
    Imayavaramban Nedun-Cheralatan (56–115 AD)
    Cheran Chenkutuvan (from 115)
    Palyanai Sel-Kelu Kuttuvan (115–130)
    Poraiyan Kadungo (from 115)
    Kalankai-Kanni Narmudi Cheral (115–140)
    Vel-Kelu Kuttuvan (130–185)
    Selvak-Kadungo (131–155)
    Adukotpattu Cheralatan (140–178)
    Kuttuvan Irumporai (178–185)
    Tagadur Erinda Perumcheral (185–201)
    Yanaikat-sey Mantaran Cheral (201–241)
    Ilamcheral Irumporai (241–257)
    Perumkadungo (257–287)
    Ilamkadungo (287–317)

    Kanaikkal Irumborai(367-397).

    That there were two Tsunamis mentioned in Tamil literature.The first Tsunami devoured the Thenmadurai ,in Lemuria.

    The second one consumed Kapadapuram.

    This is mentioned in Silappadikaaram thus.

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    வடிவே லெறிந்த வான்பகை பொறாது

    பஃறுளி யாற்றுடன் பன்மலை யடுக்கத்துக்

    குமரிக் கோடுங் கொடுங்கடல் கொள்ள

    – நாடு காண் காதை.

    The Tsunam devoured The river Pahruli and Kanyakumari,which was near the montain range.

    Ilango Adigal’s Grandfather was Udiyan Cheralaathan and he was the first known king of Chera dynasty.(with available evidence now)

    So we can date Silappadikaram,Ilango Adigal around to 9600 BC and Tsunami around 13,000 BC.

  • Tamil Kings In Mahabharata

    Tamil and Sanatana Dharma are so intermingled that one finds numerous references to The Tamils and  Tamil Kings in the Rig Veda, Ramayana, Mahabharata and other Puranas.

    Ramayana mahabharata Dynasty Chart. image.png
    Ramayana Mahabhrata Dynastie. Click to Enlarge.

    I have written quite a few articles on this.

    The Chola Kings trace their ancestry to the Solar Dynasty.,Surya Vamsa.

    Chera King Udiyan Cheralaathan fed both the Kaurava and Pandya armies.

    Krishna killed a Pandyan King(5:48)

    Chera and Chola Kings were defeated by Krishna (7:11)

    King Sarangathdwaja wanted to attack Dwaraka to avenge his father’s Death, the Pandya King,  after obtaining weapons from Bhisma, Drona, Balarama and Kripa.

    However wiser counsel prevailed and he dropped the idea.

    Later he fought alongside the side of the Pandavas against Drona(7:23).

    He was rated as an Athiratha by Bhishma( (5,172)

    When the mighty Pandya, that foremost of all wielder of weapons, has been slain in battle by the Pandavas, what can it be but destiny?(9:2)

    Pandya, who dwelt on the coast-land near the sea, came accompanied by troops of various kinds to Yudhishthira, the king of kings (5:19). There hath come Pandya. Remarkably heroic and endued with prowess and energy that have no parallel, he is devoted to the Pandava cause. (5:22).

    Pandya was  present during  the Rajasuya ceremony of Pandava King Yudhisthira.

     

    The Kings of Chera and Pandya, brought numberless jars of gold filled with fragrant sandal juice from the hills of Malaya, and loads of sandal and aloe wood from the Dardduras hills, and many gems of great brilliancy and fine cloths inlaid with gold.

    Singhalas gave those best of sea-born gems called the lapis lazuli, and heaps of pearls also, and hundreds of coverlets for elephants (2:51).(2:36,43).

    Draupadi Swayamvara.

    Pandya King took part in the  event Panchala princess Draupadi’s Swayamvara (MBh 1:189)

     

     

     

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  • Kings List Of Tamil Nadu From 400 BC

    I had published a List of Indian Kings from the Date of Mahabharata to Chandra Gupta Maurya.

    I here below provide a list of Kings of Tamil Nadu,Chera, Chola and Pandyas from the Mahabharata Times.

    Tamil Kings were present during Ramayana and Mahabharata.

    Lord Krishna attended theTamil Poets’Conclave-Tamil Sangam.

    Please read my post  on this.

    History is what one

    English: Map showing the extent of the Chola e...
    English: Map showing the extent of the Chola empire during Rajendra Chola I (c. 1030 CE) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

    chooses to write.

    The validation of History is by

    1.Refernce to in contemporary literature.

    2.Astronomical Data and

    3.Reference by foreign records.

    Tamil and Indian Kings list are validated by contemporary literature and astronomical data.

    And Foreign records also refer to them if these foreign records are contemporary or after the Kings period.

    One accusation against Indian History as told by Indian Puranas and literature is that not enough material is quoted by the Purana (though there are instances where they have quoted) of Foreign literature and Kings.

    That is, Foreign literature does not quote Puranas/events mentioned by them.

    My answer is that my grand father can not quote me.

     

    Ancient Chera Kings (c. 400 BC – 397 AD)
    1. Udiyancheralatan
    2. Antuvancheral
    3. Imayavaramban Nedun-Cheralatan (56–115 AD)
    4. Cheran Chenkutuvan (from 115)
    5. Palyanai Sel-Kelu Kuttuvan (115–130)
    6. Poraiyan Kadungo (from 115)
    7. Kalankai-Kanni Narmudi Cheral (115–140)
    8. Vel-Kelu Kuttuvan (130–185)
    9. Selvak-Kadungo (131–155)
    10. Adukotpattu Cheralatan (140–178)
    11. Kuttuvan Irumporai (178–185)
    12. Tagadur Erinda Perumcheral (185–201)
    13. Yanaikat-sey Mantaran Cheral (201–241)
    14. Ilamcheral Irumporai (241–257)
    15. Perumkadungo (257–287)
    16. Ilamkadungo (287–317)
    17. Kanaikal Irumporai (367–397)
    Kulashekhara Dynasty (1020–1314 AD)
    1. Kulashekhara Varman (800–820 AD), also called Kulashekhara Alwar
    2. Rajashekhara Varman (820–844 AD), also called Cheraman Perumal
    3. Sthanu ravi Varman (844–885 AD), contemporary of Aditya Chola
    4. Rama Varma Kulashekhara (885–917 AD)
    5. Goda Ravi Varma (917–944 AD)
    6. Indu Kotha Varma (944–962 AD)
    7. Bhaskara Ravi Varman I (962–1019 AD)
    8. Bhaskara Ravi Varman II (1019–1021 AD)
    9. Vira Kerala (1021–1028 AD)
    10. Rajasimha (1028–1043 AD)
    11. Bhaskara Ravi Varman III (1043–1082 AD)
    12. Rama Varman Kulashekhara (1090–1122 AD), also called Cheraman Perumal
    • Ravi Varman Kulashekhara (c. 1250–1314), last of the Cheras
    Chola Dynasty (c. 301 BC – 1279 AD)
    Sangam Cholas (c. 300 BC – 240 AD)
    • Ilamcetcenni (c. 301 BC)
    • Karikala Chola (c. 270 BC)
    • Nedunkilli (c. 150 AD)
    • Nalankilli (c. 150 AD)
    • Killivalavan (c. 200 AD)
    • Perunarkilli (c. 300 AD)
    • Kocengannan (c. 220 AD)
    Chola Emperors (848–1279 AD)
    • Vijayalaya Chola (848–881), founder of the Chola Empire
    • Aditya (871–907)
    • Parantaka I (907–955)
    • Gandaraditya (950–957)
    • Arinjaya (956–957)
    • Parantaka Chola II (957–970)
    • Uttama Chola (973–985)
    • Rajaraja Chola I (985–1014), considered the greatest of all Cholas, expanded the Chola Empire overseas to Sri Lanka
    • Rajendra Chola I (1012–1044), expanded the Chola Empire overseas to South-East Asia
    • Rajadhiraja Chola I (1018–1054)
    • Rajendra Chola II (1051–1063)
    • Virarajendra Chola (1063–1070)
    • Athirajendra Chola (1067–1070)
    • Vikkrama Chola (1118–1135)
    • Kulotunga Chola II (1133–1150)
    • Rajaraja Chola II (1146–1163)
    • Rajadiraja Chola II (1163–1178)
    • Kulothunga Chola III (1178–1218)
    • Rajaraja Chola III (1216–1256)
    • Rajendra Chola III (1246–1279), last of the Cholas

    https://ramanisblog.in/2014/12/27/kings-list-india-by-puranas-validated/

    Citation.

    Tamil Kings List

     

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