Historical place profile
Mamallapuram
An ancient settlement and modern town (also known as Mahabalipuram) located on the east coast of peninsular India. It is the site of a large complex of Hindu temples dating to the 7th/8th centuries CE that is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city is mentioned in Tamil literature beginning in the 8th century CE. The exact location of the city's harbor and its possible identification with non-Tamil sources (especially Roman ones) remain inconclusive.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:119192778
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:119192778
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 12.619598, 80.193650
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement and modern town (also known as Mahabalipuram) located on the east coast of peninsular India. It is the site of a large complex of Hindu temples dating to the 7th/8th centuries CE that is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city is mentioned in Tamil literature beginning in the 8th century CE. The exact location of the city's harbor and its possible identification with non-Tamil sources (especially Roman ones) remain inconclusive.
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
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Research path
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