[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.s2.55 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.55 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.55 - **Language:** English ### [c35.s2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.55) The above disjointed notes are all that I am in a position to offer as a contribution to the early history of the Chera or Kerala kingdom. One of the most important of the later Chera kings was Ravivarman, born in A. D. 1266-7 (Saka era, 1188), who conquered both the Pāṇḍyas and Cholas in 1299 and was crowned at Quilon in 1312. During the first quarter of the fourteenth century he seems to have been the leading power in South India and he played a prominent part in the organized resistance offered to Malik Kāfūr.⁴ The story of the Zamorins of Calicut falls outside of the limits of this work. Professor Kielhorn has compiled a list of the inscriptions of the later kings and chiefs of Kerala, being mostly those collected by Mr. Sundaram Pillai,⁵ but has not attempted to draw up a dynastic list. - [Previous: c35.s2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.54) - [Next: c35.s2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.56) - [Up: c35.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c35.s2.55) · Pramāṇa