Historical place profile
Alagankulam
The ancient settlement associated with the modern village of Alagankulam on the Vaigai river in Tamil Nadu is thought to have been an ancient seaport though now positioned some 3 kilometers from the coast. The immediate area has produced local and imported ceramics (including Mediterranean amphorae and Roman potsherds), as well as fourth-century Roman coins.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:49850
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:49850
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 9.358891, 78.979355
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The ancient settlement associated with the modern village of Alagankulam on the Vaigai river in Tamil Nadu is thought to have been an ancient seaport though now positioned some 3 kilometers from the coast. The immediate area has produced local and imported ceramics (including Mediterranean amphorae and Roman potsherds), as well as fourth-century Roman coins.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 D5 Alagankulam
Source and reuse
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Research path
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