Kuttuvan Kotai (Tamil: குட்டுவன் கோதை), also spelled Kothai/Kodai,[1] was a Chera ruler of early historic (pre-Pallava) south India.

[2][3] Silver coins bearing a portrait facing right with Tamil-Brahmi legend "Ku-t-tu-va-n Ko-tai" have been discovered from Amaravati riverbed in Karur, central Tamil Nadu.

[5][1] The Chera is eulogized in the Puram by Konattu Ericchalur Matalur/Matalan Madurai Kumarananar (Purananuru).

Early Tamil texts refer to "Kuttuvar" as a kingship group and "Kuttanatu" as the country of the Kuttuva people.

[6] The term Kuttanatu is indicated in the entry in Periplus Maris Erythraei, referring to "Cottonora", ‘where the pepper grows’.