Muziris

Port

ancient seaport and urban center

Location: 10.1500, 76.2000 · Pleiades 50146

What this place is

  • Port — the pepper port of the Malabar coast, the landing of the Indian mission in the tradition

Who is recorded here

About the place

Muciṟi, also Muchiri, Classical Graeco-Roman toponym Muziris/Mouziris, was an ancient port and urban centre on the Malabar Coast, southern India. It was located near the mouth of the Periyar River in the Chera country of Tamilakam.

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