EntityQ877155· pop 29· linked from 1,827 articlesChera dynastySign in to saveone of the three major kingdoms of ancient south India. Ruled over parts of present-day states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in south IndiaConnectionsSilappatikaramEntityPandya dynastyEntityVel Kelu KuttuvanEntityChalukya dynastyEntityPeriplus of the Erythraean SeaEntityRashtrakuta dynastyEntitysamanaEntitySangam literatureEntityGreco-Roman worldEntityIndo-SassanidsEntityYonaEntityKulashekhara AlwarEntityMuzirisEntityTamil-Brahmi scriptEntityKongu NaduEntityEzhimala HillEntityVenadEntityJain monasticismEntityAthiyamānEntityEgyptCountryCategories3rd-century BC establishments in IndiaAncient IndiaAncient Indian dynastiesChera dynastyChera KingdomDynasties of IndiaFormer monarchies of IndiaHindu dynastiesKingdoms of KeralaSangam periodStates and territories disestablished in the 5th centuryStates and territories established in the 3rd century BC