Kollam Azhintha Andu

Kollam Azhintha Andu (Tamil: கொல்லம் அழிந்த ஆண்டு; Malayalam: കൊല്ലം അഴിഞ്ഞ ആണ്ട്), translating to "The Year Kollam Was Destroyed", was a calendar era inaugurated by the Pandyas in 1097/98 AD.[1][2] Its commencement marked the Chola reconquest of the port of Kollam on the Malabar Coast around 1097/98 CE.[2]

The era is mentioned in Koyil Ozhuku, the chronicle of the Srirangam temple, as well as in several other historical manuscripts.[1]

The calendar era was short-lived and appears to have been in use for only a few hundred years.[2] The calendar may have been deliberately named in contrast to the Kollam Thonri Andu (the Kollam Era, which began in 825 CE).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Narayanan, M. G. S. (2013) [1972]. Perumals of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks. pp. 126–127. ISBN 9788188765072.
  2. 1 2 3 Narayanan, M. G. S. (1993). Tewari, S. P. (ed.). "Manavikrama alias Punturakkon of Eranad - A New Name in the Twilight of the Chera Kingdom in Kerala". Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India. 19. The Epigraphical Society of India, Mysore: 21–22 and 25–26.


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