Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.267

c7.267

In his second and thirteenth Rock Edicts Aśoka mentions Ketalaputas or Keralas as a people living on the border though outside his own realm. Later on, during the age of the Periplus Cerobothra (i.e. Keralaputra) was included within Damirica. Subsequently during the time of Ptolemy the kingdom of Karoura was ruled by Cerobothros (Keralaputra).