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Côte de Malabar
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Western Coastal Plains
The Western Coastal Plains is a strip of coastal plain 50 kilometres (31 mi) in width between the west coast of India and the Western Ghats hills, which starts near the south of the Tapi River. The plains are located between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. The plains begin at Gujarat in the north and end at Tamil Nadu in the south. It includes the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
District de Kasaragod
Le district de Kasaragod (en malayalam: കാസറഗോഡ് ജില്ല, Kasargod jilla) est l'un des quatorze districts de l'État du Kerala, en Inde. La principale ville du district est Kasar(a)god, qui en est également le chef-lieu. Le district a été créé le 24 mai 1984 en séparation du district de Kannur, duquel il constituait deux taluks (Kasaragod et Hosdurg).
Zamorin
vignette|Le Zamorin de Calicut, Veloso Salgado, XIX s. Zamorin ou samorain (littéralement « souverain de la mer ») est le titre donné par les Portugais lorsqu’ils débarquèrent sur la côte de Malabar, aux Samuturis ou râjas de la mer qui régnaient sur Calicut (Kozhikode). Au cours du , les zamorins ont étendu leur suzeraineté sur les autres royaumes, dont Cochin, qui se situe également sur la côte occidentale de l'Inde. Les Samuturis exerçaient leur pouvoir en s'appuyant sur les commerçants mappila d'origine arabe et sur une importante flotte dirigée par leurs amiraux, les Kunjalî.
Odoric de Pordenone
Odoric de Pordenone, né vers 1286 à Pordenone, mort le à Udine, est un missionnaire franciscain italien, un des rares voyageurs occidentaux à se rendre en Extrême-Orient pendant le Moyen Âge. Le récit de son voyage en Chine, dicté à Guillaume de Solagna, est authentique et fiable, contrairement à celui de Jean de Mandeville, qui le pille pour alimenter un récit de voyage imaginaire et fantaisiste. Il est commémoré le 14 janvier selon le Martyrologe romain.
Kalpetta
Kalpetta is a major City,Town and municipality in the Wayanad district, state of Kerala, India. Kalpetta is the headquarters of Wayanad district, as well as the headquarters of Vythiri taluk. It is a bustling town surrounded by dense coffee and tea plantations and mountains. It lies on the Kozhikode-Mysore National Highway NH 766 (formerly NH 212) at an altitude of about 780 m above sea level. Kalpetta is 72 km from Kozhikode and 140 km from Mysore.
Kasaragod taluk
Kasaragod or Casrod a taluk which along with Hosdurg taluk, Manjeshwaram Taluk and Vellarikundu taluk constitute the Kasaragod district, Kerala, India. Its educational center is Vidyanagar. The major areas include Kasaragod municipality, Chemnad, Bedira, and Chengala. The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute is located in the taluk. Kasaragod taluk has 34 villages.
History of Kerala
The term Kerala was first epigraphically recorded as Cheras (Keralaputra) in a 3rd-century BCE rock inscription by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka of Magadha. It was mentioned as one of four independent kingdoms in southern India during Ashoka's time, the others being the Cholas, Pandyas and Satyaputras. The Cheras transformed Kerala into an international trade centre by establishing trade relations across the Arabian Sea with all major Mediterranean and Red Sea ports as well those of Eastern Africa and the Far East.
Chaliyam
Chaliyam is a village situated at the estuary of Chaliyar (River Beypore) in Kozhikode district of Kerala, India. Chaliyam forms an island, bounded by the Chaliyar in the north, and River Kadalundi in south, and the Conolly Canal in the east. It is located just opposite to Beypore port. Chaliyam (Beypore Railway Station) was the former terminus of the South-West Line of the Madras Railway. Chaliyam is also famous for the Guinness World Records holder Muhammed Adil, a P.
Kerala
Le Kerala ou Kérala (en കേരളം, kēraḷam, ) est un État indien. La langue principale est le malayalam qui fait partie des langues dravidiennes, famille linguistique dominante en Inde du Sud. Le gentilé propre au Kerala est Malayalee. Le Kerala, densément peuplé, s'étend sur près de dans le sud-sud-ouest de la péninsule indienne. Il est couvert de denses forêts sur les contreforts des Ghats occidentaux et traversé d'un réseau de lagunes et canaux le long de la côte de la mer des Laquedives.
Kadathanadu
Kadathanadu (Vatakara) was a former feudatory (of Kolathunad) city-state in present-day Kerala, on the Malabar Coast. The region is most known for being the area where the events of the Vadakkan Pattukal, a set of warrior ballads from Kerala, took place, and for being one of the heartlands of Kerala's native martial art, Kalarippayattu. Geographically, Kadathanadu is situated to the south of Thalassery and north of Koyilandy on the Malabar coast, beside the historical Kottakkal river.