Muziris

Also known as Muyirikode, Mahodaya, Makotai Puram, Muchiri

Muciṟi (), (),, commonly anglicized as Muziris (, Old Tamil: Mucciṟi or Mucciṟippaṭṭaṇam, possibly identical with the medieval Muyiṟikkōṭŭ), was an ancient harbour and urban centre on India's Malabar Coast. It was the major ancient port city of the Chera dynasty of Ancient Tamilakam.

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Ancient site.name: Muziris
Ancient site.native_name: Muciṟi
Ancient site.alternate_name: Muyirikkode
Ancient site.image: TabulaPeutingerianaMuziris.jpg
Ancient site.caption: Muziris, as shown at the bottom of the 4th-century map titled the Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin)
Ancient site.map_type: India
Ancient site.location: Pattanam, Kerala, India
Ancient site.region: Chera Kingdom
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.relief: yes

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Contents

Etymology
Location
Trade
Early descriptions
Sangam literature
The ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea''
Pliny the Elder's ''Natural History''
Ptolemy's ''Geographia''
The Muziris papyrus
The ''Cilappatikaram''
The ''Tabula Peutingeriana''
Disappearance of Muziris
Archaeological excavations
The Muziris Heritage Project
See also
References
External links

The exact location of the ancient city has been a matter of dispute among historians and archaeologists. Earlier it was believed to be in the region around Mangalore in the state of Karnataka; then later in Kodungallur in the state of Kerala. Excavations since 2004 at Pattanam, near Kodungallur in Kerala, have led some experts to favour that location.