Geography of Early Buddhism c10.16

c10.16

Keralaputta is referred to in Rock Edicts II and XIII of Asoka along with the Coḍa, Pāṇḍya, Satiyaputra, Tambapaṇṇi kingdoms of the Far South. Asoka was in terms of friendly relations with these kingdoms. Later on the country came to be popularly known as the Cera kingdom which lay to the south of Kupāka (or Satya), extending down to Kannati in Central Travancore (Karunagapalli Taluk). South of it lay the political division of Mūshika (J.R.A.S., 1923, p. 413). It, therefore, roughly comprised South Canara, Coorg, Malabar and north-west parts of Mysore with perhaps the northernmost portion of Travancore.