Muziris
Sign in to saveMuciṟi (), (),, commonly anglicized as Muziris (, Old Tamil: Mucciṟi or Mucciṟippaṭṭaṇam, possibly identical with the medieval Muyiṟikkōṭŭ), was an ancient harbour and urban centre on India's Malabar Coast. It was the major ancient port city of the Chera dynasty of Ancient Tamilakam.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Muziris
- Ancient site.native_name
- Muciṟi
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Muyirikkode
- Ancient site.image
- TabulaPeutingerianaMuziris.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Muziris, as shown at the bottom of the 4th-century map titled the Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin)
- Ancient site.map_type
- India
- Ancient site.location
- Pattanam, Kerala, India
- Ancient site.region
- Chera Kingdom
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- Trade
- Early descriptions
- Sangam literature
- The ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea''
- Pliny the Elder's ''Natural History''
- Ptolemy's ''Geographia''
- The Muziris papyrus
- The ''Cilappatikaram''
- The ''Tabula Peutingeriana''
- Disappearance of Muziris
- Archaeological excavations
- The Muziris Heritage Project
- See also
- References
- External links
Muciṟi (), (),, commonly anglicized as Muziris (, Old Tamil: Mucciṟi or Mucciṟippaṭṭaṇam, possibly identical with the medieval Muyiṟikkōṭŭ), was an ancient harbour and urban centre on India's Malabar Coast. It was the major ancient port city of the Chera dynasty of Ancient Tamilakam.
The exact location of the ancient city has been a matter of dispute among historians and archaeologists. Earlier it was believed to be in the region around Mangalore in the state of Karnataka; then later in Kodungallur in the state of Kerala. Excavations since 2004 at Pattanam, near Kodungallur in Kerala, have led some experts to favour that location.