THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 844–1000

Chera Perumal kingdom (Makotai)

Central Kerala: the Perumals' influence at first reached from Kollam to Koyilandy, with direct rule from the Palakkad Gap to Vembanad Lake. The extension north to the Chandragiri river came only in the 11th century.

Recent scholarship treats the kingdom as a loose ritual overlordship over local nadus rather than an empire.

See Chera Perumal kingdom (Makotai) on the map in 922

On the map
844–1000
Capital
Mahodayapuram (Makotai), modern Kodungallur

Rulers named in the sources

South Asian kingdoms to 1000 CE

Kingdoms of South Asia before 1000 CE: the Western Gangas of Karnataka, the Licchavis of Nepal, Zhangzhung in Western Tibet, the Hindu Shahis, the kingdoms of Sindh and Multan, the Vishnukundinas and Eastern Chalukyas of Andhra, the Kalachuris, the Chera Perumals, the dynasties of Odisha and Dakshina Kosala, the Later Guptas, the Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri and Porus.

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