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About the Book:-Travancore, the southernmost State in India, was well known in early times. Nevertheless, its early history, extent of its territory, and other particulars are mostly buried in obscurity, owing to the non-existence of a correct and detailed history of the kingdom. The existence of the kingdom going back to pre-historic times, no historical facts is found recorded illustrating its antiquity. There is scarcely a kingdom on the face of the earth, whose dynasty continued to exist in an unbroken line of succession, from the time of its foundation to the present day. It is perhaps the only kingdom in India which preserves its original caste, religion, customs, manners, institutions, etc., and the compiler of the Travancore records is perfectly right in saying that Travancore is one of the “very few remaining specimens of a pure Hindu Government, “ the institutions of which have never been affected by the “ Mahomedan conquest.” A comprehensive book on the History of the Southern part of the modern state of Kerala called Tranvancore. The author traces the origin and growth of this kingdom from mythological time up to the era of the author. The book contains numerous illustrations to make it more interesting in the context of the history. About the Author:-The life of a historian seems to be short in public memory. P. Sankunni Menon (also spelt Shangoonny Menon) and his son K. P. Padmanabha Menon are two home-grown historians that history seems to have forgotten. Sankunni Menon was Dewan Peshkar of the erstwhile state of Travancore who spurned the offers of high offices to write the monumental History of Travancore. Sankunni Menon’s work was first published in 1878. It focused attention on a hitherto unknown chapter in the country’s history. It traces the history of Travancore elaborately from ancient times to the closing years of the 19th century. It was re-published in 1983. A Malayalam translation of this work was published in 1973. The Title 'History Of Travancore From The Earliest Times written/authored/edited by P. Shungoonny Menon', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121245258 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 647 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- . PODA