Kaveripumpattinam/Poombuhar

Historical description

This ancient settlement and seaport was located on the southeastern coast of peninsular India in the vicinity of the modern village of Poompuhar/Poombuhar. Excavations (including a wood-then-brick-built wharf carbon-dated to ca. 250 BCE), as well as epigraphic and literary evidence, demonstrate a thriving seaborne trade and Buddhist religious center through to the 7th century CE. The place was known to the Romans as Chaberis (Ptolemy) and Kamara (PME).

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 D4 Chaberis Emporion

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Research path

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