Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture - North and South India
author: Michael W. Meister
edition: 1986, American Institute of Indian Studies
pages: 6147
Topic: History
Chapter 59 - Samutiris of Kolikode and Kolattiris of Kannur
This chapter describes Samutiris of Kolikode and Kolattiris of Kannur located on page 285 in the book Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (North and South India) compiled by Michael W. Meister, George Michell and M. A. Dhaky. These books deal with Indian temples from the early centuries. South India developed the Dravidian style while North India expressed symbolic experimentation of the divine manifestation.
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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history [by Suma Parappattoli]
Virakeralavarma, the kolattiri king will rule the country defeating his enemies with the assistance of his cousin Vikramarka. From that time matrilineal system will be followed by the Kolattiri. The account god on to say that Mlecchas and Hunas will attack their kingdom and that the Kolattiris will have to give tribute money and taxes to the adventurers. The narration claims that the kolathiri line will last upto 30,000 years of the Kali age....
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Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) [by R. Muthuraman]
Principal shrine clearly states that the moreover the donor Samanthan Adhiyamon of Kannur might have been served as one among the Commander-in-Chiefs of the Chola army. The suffix Adhiyaman perhaps due to his birth in the Tamil traditional royal clan which is familiar during the Sangam age or he might have subdued the local chieftains and established the Chola supremacy in the region of Munnur....
Read full contents: Kulottunga III (A.D.1178-1218 A.D.)
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