Vira Kerala


Vira Kerala, also spelled Veera Kerala or Keralan, was a name given to male members of several medieval ruling families of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Several royals with the name "Vira Kerala" are known to scholars.
The following is a list of royals with the name "Vira Kerala"
  1. Vira Kerala Amara Bhujanga Deva, a royal from Kongu Chera dynasty.
  2. * Probably identical with Amara Bhujanga Deva, one of the princes defeated by Chola king Rajaraja. Probably a Pandya or a Kongu Chera prince.
  3. Vira Kerala, from a Nagari coin legend in British Museum.
  4. Vira Kerala, a royal found in several inscriptions of Kongu Chera dynasty.
  5. Vira Kerala, fl. 11th century, one of the so-called "thennavar muvar". Defeated by Chola king Rajadhiraja.
  6. * Probably a Kongu Chera or a Pandya prince.
  7. * This royal was previously considered as a successor of Bhaskara Ravi .
  8. Minavan Vira Kerala, a Pandya prince, probably identical with the Kerala defeated by Rajadhiraja.
  9. Vira Kerala, the first post-Chera Perumal king of Venad, 12th century AD, appears in a Cholapuram inscription.
  10. Vira Kerala, a son of the last Chera Perumal Rama Kulasekhara and a Venad princess - probably identical with.
  11. Vira Kerala Chakravarti, the ancestor of Vira Raghava Chakravarti, the 13th century Perumapadappu king of Cranganore.