Exam 4: Historical Inscriptions, Monuments, and Forts of Kerala

The …………..built the Pallippuram fort (Aykotta) in 1503, St.Angelo in Kannur, Fort manual at Kochi and Kottappuram at Kodungallur.

…………….has expressed the view that the megalithic builders of Kerala represent a fairly and well established social organisation.

The uses of ………….have corresponded with the use of iron and the Black and Red ware pottery (BRW).Hence megaliths belonged to the Iron Age culture.

The important inscriptions relating to the Venad rulers are Kilimanur records of……………….

The Kaviyur temple shows traces of Chera carvings, Vizhinjam shows traces of ……………style.

The Jewish copper plate record of Bhaskararavivarma (1000 AD) from the white Jew synagogue at ………….and the Chennamangalam record in Hebrew dated 1265 AD are the most important in this category.

…………are monuments built of granite rocks erected over the burials.

The Aranattumalai inscription from Karur in …………..Brahmi character mentions three Chera kings and provides valuable clue to Chera genealogy.

The …………….built the Tellicherry fort.

The Syrian Copper plate (Viraraghava Pattayam) of ……………. issued by Viraraghava, a ruler of Perumpadappu royal house is the most important one.

………….records the agreement between the Cochin Raja and the Dutch East India Company.It was dated in the Puthuvaipu era.

The Perumpadappu Swarupam i.e …………..royal family had a few inscriptions of historical value.

Numismatics is the study of…………….

Vasco-da-gama was buried at the St. Francis church, fort………...

The Kallil temple is one of the finest ……….monuments in Kerala.

…………..Rock Edict II (GIRNAR) is the earliest epigraphical record found from outside Kerala.It mentions the ruler of Kerala as Keralaputta.

The Thiruvilangadu plates of ………….refer to the Chola raids on Vizhinjam.

The Chalukya inscriptions of the 6th and 7th Century refer to the subjugation of …………..by the Chalukyas.

The Catholic churches on the Kerala coast show traces of ………….style.

………………built the Palakkad fort in 1766.