Mushika dynasty

[1][2] The country of the Ezhimala, ruled by an ancient chiefly lineage ("the Muvan"), appears in early historic (pre-Pallava) south India.[11] The hereditary title of the Mushika kings in the medieval period was Ramaghata Mushaka (Malayalam: Iramakuta Muvar).[14][15] Two subsequent Chola inscriptions (c. 1005 AD, Rajaraja I and c. 1018–19, Rajadhiraja) mention the defeat of the Kolladesham and the fall of the Iramakuta Muvar.[7] The Mushaka Vamsa Kavya, a dynastic chronicle composed in the 11th century by poet Athula, describes the history of the Mushika lineage.[15] The term "Mushika" or "Mushaka" [Parvata] is the Sanskrit translation of the ancient Tamil name "Ezhimalai" (the Ezhil Kunram).[21] The ancient ruling family of the Ezhimala seems to have existed in northern Kerala at least from early historic (pre-Pallava) period.[22] Ancient Tamil poems also describe the polity of Ezhimalai (also Ezhilmalai) on the northern edge of Tamilakam on its west (Malabar) coast.[28][29] In the battle of Pazhi, the warriors of Nannan led by certain Njimili (or Minjili) defeated the Tagadur Adigan [Adigaiman] ruler (the Satiyaputra) Neduman Anji.The Satiyaputra ruler was slain by Njimili or Minjili in the battle ("who won fame by putting to the sword vast numbers of enemies").[6] Another ruler of by the name [Nannan] is infamous for killing a young women (apparently for eating a fruit [mango] that came floating down to her in a stream).[31] The sweet, ripe fruits covered with bees satisfy the travelers on the pathways and the town [of Naravu] is rich with resources.Let's go and see him in Naravu, where on trees no ax can fell, fruits ripen, unharmed by swarms of bees, egg-shaped [jackfruit], ready for the weary traveler in fields of steady, unfailing harvests; where warriors with bows that never tire of arrows shiver but stand austere in the sea winds mixed with the lit cloud and the spray of seafoam.[35] It is said that Nannan, the most renowned ruler of Ezhimala dynasty, took refuge at Wayanad hills in the 5th century CE when he was lost to Cheras, just before his execution in a battle, according to the Sangam works.The medieval Chera authority remained nominal in northern and southern Kerala compared with the power that local rulers (such as that of the Mushika in the north and Venad in the south) exercised politically and militarily.He is described as the overlord of the Fort Valapattanam, the medieval Chera king's Palace, the Taliparamba Temple, and the Perinchellur Brahmin village.