Kolathiri Family
A Sanskrit text known as Mushikavamsa (a poem composed by Atula, the poet and court historian of King Srikanta of the Mushika dynasty) documents records of the rule of some 118 kings of this dynasty till Srikanta, at the start of the 11th century AD.
The matrilinial divisions of the Kolathiri dynasty were;
I. Udayamangalam division
II. Palli division
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- Chirakkal branch
- Chenga branch
- -Prayikkara at Mavelikkara
- -Ennakkat (further divided into Ennakkat and Mavelikkara)
- Tevanam Kotta branch
- Padinjare branch
- Kavinishery branch
- Chulleri branch
The eldest male members of each branch were accustomed to executive powers according to the Kurvazhcha scheme of administration with their own dominions. The eldest female of all of the branches were accustomed to some distinction of station or dignity (sthanam). Several sub-branches had also broken off from the parent stem, but these had all become extinct as on 1886.
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