[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c35.s1.39 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s1.39 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s1.39 - **Language:** English ### [c35.s1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.39) ¹ \*Keraḷa\* is the Kanarese form of the Tamil \*Cheraḷa\*. The country was anciently called Cheraḷam or Cheraḷa-nāḍu, and the kings were Cheraḷ-ādan or Cheraḷ-Irum-Porrai, \*Cheraḷam\* means 'mountain-range', and so is equivalent to Malabar (Pundit D. Savariroyan in \*Tamilian Antiquary\*, No. 1, pp. 69–71). - [Previous: c35.s1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.38) - [Next: c35.s1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.40) - [Up: c35.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s1.39) · Pramāṇa