Historical place profile
Sopatma
One of three "emporia" listed in the PME and placed by it after (i.e., northward from) Kamara and Poduke. BAtlas identified it firmly with modern Marakanam, but Dayalan more recently asserts it might be tentatively identified with Mamallapuram.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:50278
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:50278
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 12.188994, 79.942282
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
One of three "emporia" listed in the PME and placed by it after (i.e., northward from) Kamara and Poduke. BAtlas identified it firmly with modern Marakanam, but Dayalan more recently asserts it might be tentatively identified with Mamallapuram.
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 Sopatma
Source and reuse
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Research path
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