Kingdom of Venad

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The Kingdom of Venad was a medieval South Indian monarchy in present-day Kerala that emerged from the remnants of the Chera realm and later formed the core of the powerful state of Travancore.

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Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Venad canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former country ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
alternativeName Venadu ⓘ
associatedWith Chera dynasty ⓘ
Travancore royal family ⓘ
borderedBy Arabian Sea to the west ⓘ
capital Kollam ⓘ
coastalAccess Arabian Sea ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culture Malayali culture ⓘ
economicActivity maritime trade ⓘ
pepper trade ⓘ
emergedFrom Chera kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Chera dynasty

Chera realm ⓘ
linked to: Chera dynasty
endTime 18th century ⓘ
era pre-colonial India ⓘ
formedCoreOf Kingdom of Travancore ⓘ
linked to: Travancore
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion southern Kerala ⓘ
historicalSignificance formed nucleus of Travancore state ⓘ
language Malayalam ⓘ
Old Malayalam ⓘ
laterUnderInfluenceOf British East India Company ⓘ
Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
locatedIn South India ⓘ
present-day Kerala ⓘ
mergedInto Kingdom of Travancore ⓘ
linked to: Travancore
notableRuler Marthanda Varma ⓘ
Rama Varma ⓘ
partOf Chera successor states ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
politicalStatus regional kingdom ⓘ
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy ⓘ
predecessorOf Kingdom of Travancore ⓘ
linked to: Travancore
presentLocation India ⓘ
state of Kerala ⓘ
region Malabar Coast ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousInstitution Hindu temples ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Venad ⓘ
Venad royal house ⓘ
script Vatteluttu ⓘ
startTime c. 9th century ⓘ
successorState Kingdom of Travancore ⓘ
linked to: Travancore
timePeriod medieval period ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chera dynasty → successor → Kingdom of Venad ⓘ
Maharaja of Travancore → predecessorState → Kingdom of Venad ⓘ