Chera
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Dynasties
Chera dynasty refers to three related dynasties of Southern India:- Early Chera dynastyChera dynastyChera Dynasty in South India is one of the most ancient ruling dynasties in India. Together with the Cholas and the Pandyas, they formed the three principle warring Iron Age Tamil kingdoms in southern India...
, the ancient Sangam Tamil dynasty which ruled from Vanchi Muthur, India - Later Chera Dynasty, the late medieval dynasty which ruled from Mahodayapuram in Kerala state, India, relatives of the Early Chera dynasty
- Venad Kulasekhara Chera dynasty of Venad (Travancore)VenadVenad Swarupam was one of the three prominent late medieval Hindu feudal kingdoms on Malabar Coast, south India, along with Kingdom of Calicut and Kingdom of Cannanore. In the early 14th century, Venad ruler Ravi Varma Kulasekhara had established a short-lived supremacy over southern India...
, the dynasty initially ruled from Kollam, Kerala, relatives of the Later Chera dynasty
Other uses
- Chera, Guadalajara, Spain
- Chera, ValenciaChera, ValenciaChera is a municipality in the comarca of Requena-Utiel in the Valencian Community, Spain.Geographically and historically Chera was part of the Serrans comarca. Nowadays, according to the current administrative division pattern of the Valencian Community, Chera is officially part of the...
, Spain - Chera Dwip, a coral reef extension off St. Martin's IslandSt. Martin's IslandSt. Martin's Island is a small island in the northheast part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh. It is not a coral island in Bangladesh. It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of...
, Bangladesh - Chera (clan), one of the Jat clans in India
- Metaphidippus chera, species of spider in the MetaphidippusMetaphidippusMetaphidippus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family .-Name:The genus name is combined from Ancient Greek μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Phidippus.-Species:...
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