……………..was the seat of a flourishing kingdom in North Kerala during the early centuries of the Christian era.

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• The ……………pass (Aruvamozhi), though presently situated outside Kerala is crucial.Early man with his microliths entered Kerala through this gap; this route had been the highway of traffic between Kerala and its eastern neighbours.
• The disintegration of the second Chera kingdom had taken place during the ………………….. Century.
• ……………….and Keralamahatmyam are the two legendary works regarding the early history of Kerala.
• Among the early works on Kerala History, the foremost is ‘Thiruvitamkur Charithram’ written by …………..in 1867.
• ………………., who co-ordinated the works of Elamkulam and brought the first popular history of Kerala as early as 1967.
• The Malayattur hills are famous as a centre of Christian pilgrimage associated with……………….
• The ………………church inscription of Rajasa Shekara records the grant of certain trading rights and privileges to ten Christian merchants-Chathan Vatukan and Iravichathan of Manigramam.
• The Christian merchant …………….was conferred the tittle ‘Loka Perumchetti’ (The great trader) and also the over lordship of Manigramam in the Syrian Copper plate.
• In 2004,.................., a geo-archaeologist, put forward the hypothesis that the legendary seaport of Muziris, which was a bustling trading centre during the early historic period between the first century BC and the fifth century CE, could have been located at Pattanam.
• The Portuguese were the ……………in this endeavour followed by the Dutch.French and the English, all followed a sea route to reach Kerala and landed on the Kerala coast and built their settlements here.