Cattigara
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thumb|Funan|Funan-era ruins of Nam Linh Son, [[Óc Eo, Vietnam. Óc Eo has been identified multiple times by scholars as the location of Cattigara]] Cattigara is the name of a major port city located on the Magnus Sinus described by various ancient sources. Some modern scholars have linked Cattigara to the archaeological site of Óc Eo in present-day Vietnam.
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- Ptolemy's description
- Columbus' search for Ciamba
- Later studies
- See also
- References
thumb|Funan|Funan-era ruins of Nam Linh Son, [[Óc Eo, Vietnam. Óc Eo has been identified multiple times by scholars as the location of Cattigara]] Cattigara is the name of a major port city located on the Magnus Sinus described by various ancient sources. Some modern scholars have linked Cattigara to the archaeological site of Óc Eo in present-day Vietnam.
thumb|Mr Caverhill "proves" the ancient Cattigara to be the same with the modern Ponteamass (Banteaymeas), The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 40, 1769, p.98.
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