सम्राट अशकनि पाली दानरेब्थायफोर (थामथि जौथाय खृष्ट'गिबि, रक एडिक्ट्स II आरो XII) आव चेराफोरखौ केदेलापुट' (संस्कृत: "केरेला पुत्र") बुंनाय जायो।
The Cheras are referred to as Kedalaputo (Sanskrit: "Kerala Putra") in Emperor Ashoka's Pali edicts (3rd century BCE, Rock Edicts II and XII).