Souppara

Information from the Periplus

Ancient Toponym: Souppara
Place Type: Port of trade
Route: Eastern route
Next on Route: Kalliena
Ancient Area: India
Periplus Chapter: PME, Ch. 52

Topographic info

Longitude 72.804527
Latitude 19.434113
Location Source: Pleiades

Modern Identification: nan
Modern Country: India

Passage from the Periplus

The local ports [sc. of Dachinabades], lying in a row, are Akabaru, Suppara, and the city of Kalliena; the last, in the time of the elder Saraganos, was a port of trade where everything went according to law. [Sc. It is so no longer] for, after Sandanes occupied it, there has been much hindrance [sc. to trade]. For the Greek ships that by chance come into these places are brought under guard to Barygaza. (from the Casson translation)

Bibliography

Ancient source: Ptolemy, 7.1.6

Bibliography: Sircar, Dineshchandra. 1971. Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India. [2d , rev.enl.]. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, p. 226.