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Devadasi System. 18. Sanketam.
Unnineeli Sandesham. 20. Hortus Malabaricus.
Jnanappana.
(7 x 2=14 marks)
Section C
Map Study-Locate the major Nadus.
Venad. 23. Kayamkulam.
Pantalam. 25. Valluvanad.
Kollangode. 27. Kurumpurand.
(6 x 1 = 6 marks)
Section D (Short Essays)
Answer any four questions.
Each question carries 6 marks.
Give an account of the megalithic culture of Kerala.

Trace the maritime contacts of ancient Kerala.
Write an essay on the features of Perumal’s administration.
Trace the history of the formation of nadus and swarupams.
Examine the significance of the Mysorean invasion of Kerala.
“Marthanda Varma was considered as the maker of modern Kerala”. Do you agree ? Explain.
(4 x 6 = 24 marks)
Section E (Essays)

Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.

How far the Sangam literature helped to the reconstruction of ancient history of Kerala.
Examine the processes of Brahmin migration to Kerala.
Trace the origin and development of the Manipravalam literature.

Write an essay on the advent of Europeans in Kerala.
(2 x 15 = 30 marks)

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