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[[Sangam literature]] and [[hero stone]]s found in Tamil Nadu show that Chekavar were engaged in combat, often on behalf of a lord. On these hero stones, Chekavar are generally depicted by an image of an armed man along with a Shiva [[Linga]]. Hero stones were erected to commemorate men who had fallen in battle or cattle raids and were traditional during the [[Sangam period]].<ref name="chekaSang01">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py50jfBsv_kC&pg=PA113&dq=cevakan&lr= |title=Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition |chapter=Domesticity and Difference/Women and Men: Religious Life in Medieval Tamil Nadu |page=113|first=Leslie C. |last=Orr |editor-first=Tracy |editor-last=Pintchman|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2007|isbn=0-19-517706-1|accessdate=2008-12-13}}</ref> |
[[Sangam literature]] and [[hero stone]]s found in Tamil Nadu show that Chekavar were engaged in combat, often on behalf of a lord. On these hero stones, Chekavar are generally depicted by an image of an armed man along with a Shiva [[Linga]]. Hero stones were erected to commemorate men who had fallen in battle or cattle raids and were traditional during the [[Sangam period]].<ref name="chekaSang01">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py50jfBsv_kC&pg=PA113&dq=cevakan&lr= |title=Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition |chapter=Domesticity and Difference/Women and Men: Religious Life in Medieval Tamil Nadu |page=113|first=Leslie C. |last=Orr |editor-first=Tracy |editor-last=Pintchman|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2007|isbn=0-19-517706-1|accessdate=2008-12-13}}</ref> |
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Chekavar is warrior clans originated from []Thiyyas]] of North Malabar, those who are originated from the lineage of mushika vamasham or [[Mushika kingdom]]. Initially there were 8 illams of Thiyyas and Chekavar is one among and counted as warrior clan of Mushika Raja Nannan. |
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Mushika kingdom was the first Dynasty in the Kerala history ruled by Thiyya Clan or [[Thiyyas ]] and their feudal class was known as Izhathu Mannanars of Varakkal illam of North malabar. This Mushika Kingdom originate from Yadava Dynasty of Haihayas, which is one among the 18 yadava clans & was initially ruled by Kartavirya Arjuna. According to myth there were series of attack by Parasurama on kshatriyas of North west, due to which all those shaivist Yadava clans were transited down to Ezhimala and other Dravidian region. Mushika Dynasty proves are showing its presence since BC600 onwards and further spread across south velir by Athiyamān Kingdom and to Travancore by Titiyan of Ay Kingdom in the early Tamil sangam period of 300 BC. |
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This Dynastic lineage further extended to Srilanka as Jaffna Kingdom and in to Konkan under Kalachuri in 300CE to 500 CE by Maharaja Nannan.<ref> {{Cite book|url= |
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The Chekavar (also Chekava, Chekavan, Chekon) were warriors who commonly belonged to the Thiyya (Ezhava) community.
Etymology
Chekavar is derived from the Sanskrit words Sevakar, Sevakan or Sevaka, which means soldiers in service or soldiers in royal service.[1][2] Hermann Gundert's English-Malayalam Dictionary, defines the term as militiaman and warrior.[3]
Origin
Sangam literature and hero stones found in Tamil Nadu show that Chekavar were engaged in combat, often on behalf of a lord. On these hero stones, Chekavar are generally depicted by an image of an armed man along with a Shiva Linga. Hero stones were erected to commemorate men who had fallen in battle or cattle raids and were traditional during the Sangam period.[4] Chekavar is warrior clans originated from []Thiyyas]] of North Malabar, those who are originated from the lineage of mushika vamasham or Mushika kingdom. Initially there were 8 illams of Thiyyas and Chekavar is one among and counted as warrior clan of Mushika Raja Nannan.
Mushika kingdom was the first Dynasty in the Kerala history ruled by Thiyya Clan or Thiyyas and their feudal class was known as Izhathu Mannanars of Varakkal illam of North malabar. This Mushika Kingdom originate from Yadava Dynasty of Haihayas, which is one among the 18 yadava clans & was initially ruled by Kartavirya Arjuna. According to myth there were series of attack by Parasurama on kshatriyas of North west, due to which all those shaivist Yadava clans were transited down to Ezhimala and other Dravidian region. Mushika Dynasty proves are showing its presence since BC600 onwards and further spread across south velir by Athiyamān Kingdom and to Travancore by Titiyan of Ay Kingdom in the early Tamil sangam period of 300 BC. This Dynastic lineage further extended to Srilanka as Jaffna Kingdom and in to Konkan under Kalachuri in 300CE to 500 CE by Maharaja Nannan.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
See also
References
- ^ Mathew, George. Communal Road to a Secular Kerala. Concept Pub.Co, 1989. p. 30. ISBN 81-7022-282-6. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
- ^ Smith, Bardwell L. (1976). Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia. BRILL. p. 27. ISBN 90-04-04510-4. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
- ^ Gundert, Herman (2000) [1872]. Malayalam-English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Sahythia Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham, Kerala.
- ^ Orr, Leslie C. (2007). "Domesticity and Difference/Women and Men: Religious Life in Medieval Tamil Nadu". In Pintchman, Tracy (ed.). Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition. Oxford University Press. p. 113. ISBN 0-19-517706-1. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
- ^ https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Mushika%20Kingdom&item_type=topic.
{{cite book}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ http://historicalleys.blogspot.in/2009/04/mannanars-of-chirakkal.html?m=1.
{{cite book}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Template:Cite book/url=http://www.wikinow.co/topic/mushika-kingdom
- ^ Template:Cite book/url=http://historyofnorthmalabar.weebly.com/north-malabar/theeyas-of-malabar
- ^ Template:Cite book/url=http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/mushika kingdom
- ^ Template:Cite book/url=http://kalchuris.blogspot.in/2011/10/historical-background-of-kalchuris.html?m=1