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SAI INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
                                                SUBJECT—HISTORY
                                                      CLASS—VII
                                CH-THE MAKING OF REGIONAL CULTURES
                                                       MODULE-1
                                                    LESSON NOTES


               Sub topic-1: THE CHERAS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MALAYALAM


           THE CHERAS AND  It is quite common for us to identify a region with its language. Thus,
                   THE            we call a person Bengali or Kannada on the basis of the language
          DEVELOPMENT OF  which he speaks.
              MALAYALAM           Every region is identified with a certain distinct type of food, clothing,
                                  poetry, dance, painting and music.
                                  Language is quite closely connected to a region.
                                  The Chera empire of Mahodayapuram, which was established in  19th
                                  century in the south- western part of kerala introduced the Malayalam
          RULERS AND              In several regions, regional cultures developed around religious
          RELIGIOUS               traditions.
          TRADITIONS:THE          The local people made a wooden image of the deity which, originally
          JAGANNATHA              a local God, came to be identified with Vishnu.
          CULT                    The temple became a centre of pilgrimage.
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          THE RAJPUTS             In the 19  century, the Rajasthan of today was called Rajputana by
          AND TRADITIONS          the British.
          OF HEROISM              There are many groups who call themselves Rajputs in Northern and
                                  Central India.
                                  Prithviraj Chauhan was one such ruler.
                                  Women had been given a heroic image since they committed sati or
                                  self-immolation.
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