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ID: 8698187
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698187
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chera Empire (former nation/state/empire)  Chera Empire (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 10 57 36 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 10.9603  decimal degrees
Long: 078 04 33 E  degrees minutes   Long: 78.0768  decimal degrees

Note: Historical empire comprising territories controlled by the Chera dynasty, corresponding to present-day Kerala and parts of Tamil Nadu. Known to traders for its spices.

Names:
Chera Empire (preferred,C,V)
Chera (C,V,display)
Cera (C,V)
Chera Kingdom (C,V)
Keralaputra (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Chera Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Chera Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)  ............  3rd century BCE-10th century CE
empire (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Cera..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 21 October 2016
Chera..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Dowson and Bland, Chera Kingdom (1846)
Chera Empire..........  [VP]
.......................  Sadasivan, Social History of India (2000) 322
Chera Kingdom..........  [VP]
..........................  Encyclopedia of Empire, Wiley Online (2016-) accessed 9 July 2019
Keralaputra..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 21 October 2016
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia of Empire, Wiley Online (2016-) accessed 21 October 2016
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 21 October 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Dowson and Bland, Chera Kingdom (1846)
..........  Encyclopedia of Empire, Wiley Online (2016-) accessed 21 October 2016

 

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