……………….and Keralamahatmyam are the two legendary works regarding the early history of Kerala.

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• ………………., who co-ordinated the works of Elamkulam and brought the first popular history of Kerala as early as 1967.
• 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.
• Among the early works on Kerala History, the foremost is ‘Thiruvitamkur Charithram’ written by …………..in 1867.
• 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 recent archaeological excavations undertaken by .................at Pattanam suggests that the legendary seaport Muziri Pattanam, better known as Muziris, could have been located at this small village.
• 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.
• ……………History of Travancore (1878) is the earliest of the regular historical works in English.
• ……………..was the seat of a flourishing kingdom in North Kerala during the early centuries of the Christian era.
• It was the demand for spices, especially …………..that brought the Europeans to Kerala, leading to the Da Gama Epoch of Asiatic History.
• ……………in his ‘Natural history’ refers to the ruler of Kerala as Calobotras while Periplus mentions him as Kerabotras.