01-04-2009, 05:50 PM
I did not get hold of the book I had read, but another book on Malabar archers.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->From September 1513 to February 1515 Albuquerque remained in India, remodelling the administration and setting in order the various forts and factories on the Malabar coast. But at the end of this period lack of funds sent him forth on an enterprise which he had long wished to undertake, the capture of Ormuz. He saiked on the 21st of February 1515, with 27 ships and 3000 men, of whom 1500 were Portuguese and 600 Malabar archers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
From "Vasco Da Gama and His Succecssors 1460 to 1580" by K.G.Javne
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And Cheras are considered to be established by Vilavar clan. Vil means bow in Tamil. Vilavar - people proficient with bow. Chera had bow+arrow as a symbol. There is a rich history associated with archery in that parts of the country.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->From September 1513 to February 1515 Albuquerque remained in India, remodelling the administration and setting in order the various forts and factories on the Malabar coast. But at the end of this period lack of funds sent him forth on an enterprise which he had long wished to undertake, the capture of Ormuz. He saiked on the 21st of February 1515, with 27 ships and 3000 men, of whom 1500 were Portuguese and 600 Malabar archers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
From "Vasco Da Gama and His Succecssors 1460 to 1580" by K.G.Javne
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And Cheras are considered to be established by Vilavar clan. Vil means bow in Tamil. Vilavar - people proficient with bow. Chera had bow+arrow as a symbol. There is a rich history associated with archery in that parts of the country.