12 Facts About Muziris

1.

Muziris was an ancient harbour and an urban centre on the Malabar Coast.

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2.

Muziris found mention in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, the bardic Tamil poems and a number of classical sources.

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3.

Muziris was a key to the interactions between South India and Persia, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean region.

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4.

The important known commodities exported from Muziris were spices, semi-precious stones, pearls, diamonds, sapphires, ivory, Chinese silk, Gangetic spikenard and tortoise shells.

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5.

Derivation of the name "Muziris" is said to be from the native Dravidian name of the port, "Muciri".

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6.

Muziris has seized the sacred images after winning the battle for rich Muciri.

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7.

Muziris refers to many Indian ports in his The Natural History.

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8.

However, by the time of Pliny, Muziris was no longer a favoured location in Roman trade dealing with Southern India.

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9.

Muziris disappeared from every known map of antiquity, and without a trace, presumably because of a cataclysmic event in 1341, a "cyclone and floods" in the Periyar that altered the geography of the region.

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10.

Identification of Pattanam as Muziris is a divisive subject among some of the historians of south India.

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11.

When KCHR announced the possible finding of Muziris based on Pattanam finds, it invited criticism from some historians and archaeologists.

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12.

Muziris Heritage Project is a tourism venture by Tourism Department of Kerala to reinstate the historical and cultural significance of Muziris.

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