Muziris

Information from the Periplus

Ancient Toponym: Muziris
Place Type: Port of trade
Route: Eastern route
Next on Route: Nelkunda
Ancient Area: India
Periplus Chapter: PME, Ch. 54

Topographic info

Longitude 76.213146
Latitude 10.153976
Location Source: Pleiades

Modern Identification: nan
Modern Country: India

Bibliography

Ancient source: Pliny the Elder, NH, 6.104.9

Bibliography

Ancient source: Ptolemy, 7.1.8

Bibliography: Cherian, P. J. 2011. “Pattanam Archaeological Site: The Wharf Context and the Maritime Exchanges.” In Proceedings on the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage: November, 8–12.

Bibliography: Cherian, P. J. 2013. “The Future as Cultural Past: Ancient Maritime Exchanges and the Green Archaeology Project at Pattanam (Muziris).” In Erala Environment Congress, 225.

Bibliography: Cherian, P. J., and Preeta Nayar. 2013. Interim Report of the Pattanam Excavations–Explorations 2013. Kerala Council for Historical Research.

Bibliography: Cherian, P. J., G. V. Prasad, Koushik Dutta, Dinesh Kr Ray, Veerasamy Selvakumar, and K. P. Shajan. 2009. “Chronology of Pattanam: A Multi-Cultural Port Site on the Malabar Coast.” Current Science (00113891) 97.

Bibliography: Cherian, P. J., V. Selvakumar, and K. P. Shajan. 2007. “The Muziris Heritage Project Excavations at Pattanam, 2007.” Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology 4: 1–10.

Bibliography: De Romanis, Federico. 2020. The Indo-Roman Pepper Trade and the Muziris Papyrus. Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM: Oxford University Press USA - OSO.

Bibliography: Mathew, K. S. 2017. Imperial Rome, Indian Ocean Regions and Muziris: New Perspectives on Maritime Trade. Taylor & Francis.

Bibliography: Shajan, K. P., Roberta Tomber, V. Selvakumar, and P. J. Cherian. 2004. “Locating the Ancient Port of Muziris: Fresh Findings from Pattanam.” Journal of Roman Archaeology 17: 312–20.

Bibliography: Tomalin, Victoria, Veerasamy Selvakumar, Madhavan V. Nair, and Pandanpara Kunjappy Gopi. 2004. “The Thaikkal-Kadakkarappally Boat: An Archaeological Example of Medieval Shipbuilding in the Western Indian Ocean.” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 33 (2): 253–63.

Bibliography: Tripati, S., A. Manikfan, and M. Mohamed. 2005. “An Indo-Arabian Type of Stone Anchor from Kannur, Kerala,West Coast of India.”

Bibliography: Tripati, Sila, Uma Kanta Mishra, Bijay Kumar Swain, Subrata Kumar Acharya, Rudra Prasad Behera, and Sunil Kumar Patnaik. 2018. “Watercraft Depicted in the Art of Odisha, East Coast of India.” Australasian Journal of Maritime Archaeology 42: 39.