🗺 History by state

History of Kerala

Kingdoms and empires15

Events on the map3

Historic places0

Population (2011)33,387,677

👑 Who held this land

Kingdoms, empires and cultures whose territory, as drawn on our map, covered a large part of today’s Kerala, or that were based here. Extents are approximate, so treat this as a guide to who held the region — not as exact borders.

Early Cheras (Sangam era) c. 300 BCE – c. 300 CE · based here

Sangam-era Tamil Chieftaincies (Velir) c. 300 BCE – c. 300 CE

Kalabhra Interregnum c. 250 CE – c. 600 CE

Pandya Kingdom (First Empire) c. 590 CE – c. 920 CE

Chera Perumals of Makotai c. 800 CE – c. 1124 · based here

Chola Empire c. 848 CE – 1279

Kingdom of Cochin c. 1102 – 1949 · based here

Zamorins of Calicut c. 1124 – 1766 · based here

Pandya Empire (Second Empire) c. 1190 – 1345

Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950

Portuguese Cochin 1503 – 1663 · based here

British East India Company 1600 – 1858

Dutch Malabar (Cochin) 1663 – 1795 · based here

Mahé 1721 – 1954 · based here

Travancore 1729 – 1949 · based here

300 BCE1950

📅 Events in Kerala

c. 52 CE St Thomas traditionally lands at Muziris · Kodungallur
c. 788 CE Adi Shankaracharya born (traditional) · Kalady
1498 ★ Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut · Kozhikode

How this is made: nothing here is new — it is YugMap’s own map data sorted by today’s states. A kingdom is listed if its territory on our map covered at least 40% of the state at some point, or if its centre or capital lies here; events and places are listed where their map point falls inside the state. State outlines follow India’s official map.