A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times (Classic Reprint)

Tbavancobb, the southernmost State in I ndia, was well known in early times. Nevertheless, its early history, extent of its territory, and other particulars are mostly buried in obscurity, owing to the non-existence of a correct and detailed history of the kingdom. The existence of the king dom going back to pre-historic times, no historical facts are found recorded illustrating its antiquity. There is scarcely a kingdom on the face of the earth, whose dynasty continued to exist in an unbroken line of succession, from the time of its foundation to the present day. The mother-country of Travancore was the Malidala kingdom Chera, which once covered the best portion of Southern I ndia, and which underwent various changes during the four Yugas according to the Puranifc accounts. In the present age, Kali Yuga, it was gradually reduced to the present Travancore with its area of 6653 square miles, situated between the 8th and 10th degree of north latitude. In this reduced state, Travancore became more strongly protected by natural boundaries, the south and the west being bounded by the Indian Ocean, the east, by the range of the high ghauts, and the northern parts being mostly covered with back-waters, rivers, lakes, c. Thus the situation of Travancore being unfavourable for the march of horses and elephants that formed the best portion of an army in those days, saved it from the incursions of foreign invaders. When maritime powers began to rise, Travancore finding itself too weak to resist them, made alliance with them and pursued its original policy of commerce, thus avoiding quarrels. Travancore is perhaps the only kingdom in India which preserves its original caste, religion, customs, manners, institutions, c., A c.
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