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Thursday, May 26, 2011

PRE-HISTORIC KERALA-psc

PRE-HISTORIC KERALA-psc

1-The meglithic monuments include the dolmens, cists,

rock-cut caves, thopikallu, pulachikallu, kudakkallu

etc. All of them are associated with burial system.

‘Nannangadi’ was the burial jar.

2-The important palaeolithic sites are valuvasseri

(Nilambur) and Tenkara (Palaghat)

3-The mesolithic sites are Walayar (Palaghat),Mankara,

Tenmalai (Kollam)

4-Kerala is believed to have originated by the withdrawal of sea, when Parasurama threw his axe from Gokarnam to Kanyakumary.

5-The oldest book which mentions about kerala is

‘Ithareyaranyakam’.

6-The author of Keralappazhama is Dr.Gundert.

7-Kalidasa’s Reghuvamsam mentions about Kerala.

8-Parasurama divided Kerala into 64 villages and donated them to Brahmins.

9-Famous Rock-cut caves in the Ambukuthi hills in

the Wayanad district is known as Edakkal Caves.

It is the greatest example of megalithic culture in

Kerala. It was Fred Foset who first studied about

the pictures on these caves in 1901. Later this research was continued by Dr.M.R.Raghava Warrior and Dr.Rajan Gurukkal. Archeological excavations

conducted in 2009 September on this site discovered the figure of ‘a man holding a vessel’ which resembles the Indus valley seal. It shows the relationship of megalithic culture of Kerala with Indus valley culture

10-Writings in the Edakkal Caves belonged to the

Dravida Brahmi script.

11-The prehistoric people of Kerala belonged to the

Negrito race and Proto Australoids.

12-From 3000 BC onwards Kerala had trade relations

by sea with the Indus Valley people

13-Early inhabitants of Kerala belonged to the last

phase of Middle Stone Age.

14-Chathanparambu near Farrokh is a famous prehistoric site in the Malabar region.

SOURCES OF KERALA HISTORY

Keralolpathi, Kerala Mahatmyam,

Raghuvamsam, Mooshaka vamsam, Unnuneeli

Sandesham, Unniyadi charitham,

Chandrolsavam, Unnichiruthevi charitham,

Malabar Manual, Hortus Malabaricus...

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HISTORIAN OF THIS MONTH

K.P.PADMANABHA MENON Born in October 1857. Father: Diwan Peshkar Sankunny Menon. Mother: Parvathy Amma. K.P. Padmanabha Menon was the son of Diwan Peshkar Sankunni Menon who for the first time attempted to write the history of Travancore. Through his work Kerala Charithram (History of Kerala), Padmanabha Menon surpassed the talents of his father. Padmanabha Menon was an eminent Advocate, Judge and Historian. He also wrote Kochi Rajya Charithram (History of Cochin). He was also the Advocate General of Madras Government and member of Marumakkathayam Committee. He died on 1 May 1919.

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