Only statement (2) is false as C.V. Raman Pillai's novelMarthanda Varma recounts the adventures of Marthanda Varma(1706-1758), the crown prince of the State of Travancore; on how he eliminates his rivals, one after the other, to ascend to the throne of Travancore. Kerala's first modern novel Chander Menon's Indulekha attacked the Nambudiri social domination in Kerala.