father predecessor successor succession house religion title image_size issue article_title name reign
ravi rama varma ravi rama varma kotha varma king king of venadu -lrb- quilon -rrb- of later chera kingdom , '' later '' house of the later cheras hinduism cheraman perumal 200 kotha varma rama varma kulashekhara
 rama varma 1090 -- 1102
rama varma kulashekhara

rama varma -lrb- reign 1090 -- 1102 ad ; 1089 -- 1122 ad as per mgs ; full name raja sri rama varma , kulasekhara perumal , alternatively ramar tiruvati or kulasekhara koyiladhikarikal -rrb- was the last ruler of the later chera dynasty -lrb- kulasekharas of mahodayapuram -rrb- .
with his transfer of capital from mahodayapuram near present day cranganore to the city of quilon the later chera state came to an end and venad -lrb- kingdom of quilon -rrb- attained status of an independent kingdom .
his son kotha varma succeeded him as the ruler of quilon .
rama varma ascended the throne of the later chera kingdom during a period of severe political crisis and instability .
the chola king kulothunga 's army captured the southern city of quilon in 1096 , and now controlled all regions of the chera state south to the city .
rama varma resolved to beat back the later cholas this time and rallied all his forces behind him .
during the following long war even the capital city of mahodayapuram and surrounding places were destroyed and burned down by the chola army .
after the fall of the capital , rama varma , without even a palace of his own , stayed at alternative frugal accommodations such as cranganore and quilon .
in order to the stem the cholas from the south , rama varma moved his base of operations to quilon .
sometime before 1100 ad , after saving quilon from the cholas , he marched against the cholas ahead of a large army .
the newly formed `` chaver '' suicide forces sustained heavy losses to the chola army .
kulothunga chola was defeated and withdrew towards kottar .
this was the first fatal blow to chola imperialism in the region and ended the century long chola domination in chera state .
the cholas never tried to regain their influence beyond nanjanad after this defeat .
rama varma continued to stay at quilon even after the war and managed the affairs of the kingdom for some time more .
he seems to have abdicated the throne in favor of his son kotha varma -lrb- 1102 -- 1125 -rrb- and retired from public life and perhaps later died at a local palace .
kotha varma later conquered kottar and portions of nanjanad from pandyas .
the title `` kulasekhara perumal '' assumed by the ruler of mahodayapuram was taken over by the rulers of venadu since rama varma .
it seems that a brahmin from perumpadappu near ponnani married a sister of rama varma .
with fall of the kingdom , the brahmin 's son inherited later cheras religious authority .
the perumpadappu rulers used the title `` gangadhara koyiladhikarikal '' .
