Karur was built on the banks of River Amaravathi which was called Aanporunai during the Sangam days. The names of the early Chera kings who ruled from Karur, have been found in the rock inscriptions in Aru Nattar Malai close to Karur. The Tamil epic Silapathikaram mentions that the famous Chera King Senguttuvan ruled from Karur. The ancient Greek scholar Ptolemy is said to have known Karur by the name Korevera[1] or Kāroura,[2] placing it as a major trading centre in the region
shiva temple at karur
^Allen, Charles (2017). Coromandel : a personal history of South India. London: Little, Brown. p. 22. ISBN 9781408705391.
^Logan, William (2000). Malabar manual(PDF) (3rd AES reprint ed.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p. 252. ISBN 8120604466. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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