Historical place profile
Machilipatnam
A modern city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Machilipatnam served as a major port on the Bay of Bengal, from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Some Roman coins and Mediterranean ceramics have been recovered in the area.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:25660908
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:25660908
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 16.181737, 81.134818
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A modern city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Machilipatnam served as a major port on the Bay of Bengal, from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Some Roman coins and Mediterranean ceramics have been recovered in the area.
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: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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