Vijayaraga

Vijayaraga (fl. c. 849—895 AD) was the Chera Perumal ruler of Kerala from c. 883—c. 895 AD.[1] The reign of Vijayaraga probably witnessed the expansion of Chera Perumal influence into the neighbouring Ay and Mushika countries.[2]

Vijayaraga
Ruler of Chera Perumal Kingdom
Reignc. 883—c. 895 AD
PredecessorRama Rajasekhara
SuccessorGoda Goda (or) Kerala Kesari
SpouseKizhan Adikal Ravi Neeli
Issue
HouseChera Perumal of Makotai
ReligionHinduism

He married the daughter of the Chera Perumal king Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara (r. 844—c. 870 AD). Two of his daughters were married to the Chola king Parantaka I.[3] It is possible that he was also the nephew of Kulasekhara.[4] A record of the queen of Vijayaraga can be found in the neighbouring Ay country.[5]

Vijayaraga was formerly identified with king Goda Ravi (r. 905—c. 943) of the Chera Perumal dynasty.[1][4]

Sources

Inscriptions

Dynastic chronicle

Vijayaraga must be the same royal who is described as the Kerala king Jayaraga in the Mushaka Vamsa Kavya, a dynastic chronicle composed in the 11th century AD. According to the Kavya, Jayaraga married the daughter of Kunchi Varma, the Mushika king at the time (North Kollam).[2]

He also led a military expedition to the Mushika kingdom against his brother-in-law Ishana Mushika. It was Goda Varma Keralaketu, a son of Jayaraga, who eventually re-established a truce between the two kingdoms.[2]

References
  1. Devadevan, Manu V. (2014). "Changes in Land Relations during the Decline of the Cera State". In Veluthat, Kesavan; Davis Jr., Donald R. (eds.). Irreverent History:- Essays for M.G.S. Narayanan. New Delhi: Primus Books. p. 74.
  2. Narayanan, M. G. S. (2013) [1972]. Perumals of Kerala: Brahmin Oligarchy and Ritual Monarchy. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks. pp. 65-67 and 97-98.
  3. George Spencer, ‘Ties that Bound: Royal Marriage Alliance in the Chola Period’, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Asian Studies (Hong Kong: Asian Research Service, 1982), 723.
  4. Narayanan, M. G. S. (2013) [1972]. Perumals of Kerala: Brahmin Oligarchy and Ritual Monarchy. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks. pp. 65–67.
  5. Narayanan, M. G. S. (2013) [1972]. Perumals of Kerala: Brahmin Oligarchy and Ritual Monarchy. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks. pp. 96–97.
  6. Narayanan, M. G. S. (2013) [1972]. "Index to Cera Inscriptions". Perumals of Kerala: Brahmin Oligarchy and Ritual Monarchy. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks. pp. 437-38 and 442-43.
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