Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2317

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2317

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c7.2317

5) The ancient administration of Kerala. Parimelazhakar, a Saṅga poet who was a great expounder of “Tirukkural”, has stated that from the beginning of the world the three kingdoms, Cera, Cola and Pāṇḍya had existed. Though there is a bit of exaggeration in this statement, there are enough proofs to say that a long time before the birth of Christ, Kerala was under a systematic rule. In ‘Tolkāppiyam’ the first grammatical work in Tamil mention is made about the administration of Kerala. Megasthenes, a traveller of 4th century B.C. has stated about the rule of Kerala :

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Tolkāppiyam — Tolkāppiyar, Tamil
Tirukkuṟaḷ — Tiruvaḷḷuvar, Tamil