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Important Ancient Ports

The document summarizes important ancient ports in India, providing their locations and additional details. Sopara in Maharashtra was the largest west coast township, trading internationally. Dwaraka in Gujarat was a "gate" for foreign sailors. Bharuch in Gujarat was one of India's most celebrated harbors, mentioned in ancient texts. Arikamedu in Puducherry was an Indo-Roman trading city and bead making center. Muziris in Kerala was a major ancient port city of the Cheras mentioned in ancient sources. Puhar in Tamil Nadu was founded by the Chola king Karikala and was the capital of the Chola kingdom. Tamralipti in West Bengal

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Important Ancient Ports

The document summarizes important ancient ports in India, providing their locations and additional details. Sopara in Maharashtra was the largest west coast township, trading internationally. Dwaraka in Gujarat was a "gate" for foreign sailors. Bharuch in Gujarat was one of India's most celebrated harbors, mentioned in ancient texts. Arikamedu in Puducherry was an Indo-Roman trading city and bead making center. Muziris in Kerala was a major ancient port city of the Cheras mentioned in ancient sources. Puhar in Tamil Nadu was founded by the Chola king Karikala and was the capital of the Chola kingdom. Tamralipti in West Bengal

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Important Ancient Ports

Location Additional Info.

Sopara Maharashtra In ancient times, it was the largest township on India's


west coast, trading with Mesopotamia, Egypt, Cochin,
Arabia and Eastern Africa.

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Dwaraka Saurashtra (Kathiawar) The world 'dwarka' means 'door' or 'gate' in Sanskrit, so
peninsula, facing the this ancient port city could have been a gate for foreign
Arabian Sea. sailors who arrived in India.

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Baroch Gujarat Bharuch was one of the most-celebrated harbours in
ancient India, being mentioned in the Periplus Maris

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Erythraei (c. 80 ce) and by Ptolemy as Barygaza.

Arikamedu Puducherry an Indo-Roman trading city and one of the earliest

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known Indo-Pacific bead making centres. The site was
mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea an
anonymous Greco-Roman text of the 1st century CE
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which described the known coastal landmarks and ports
of the Indian Subcontinent's coastline.

Muziris Kerala An ancient harbour and an urban centre on the Malabar


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Coast. Muziris found mention in the Periplus of the


Erythraean Sea, the bardic Tamil poems and a number of
classical sources. It was the major ancient port city of
Cheras.
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Puhar Tamil Nadu Chola king Karikala founded Puhar. . Puhar is a place
identical to Kaveripattanam. It was the capital of Chola

Tamralipti West Bengal a port city and capital of Suhma Kingdom in ancient
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India, located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. It was


located near the Rupnarayan river.
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Korkai Tamil nadu Capital, principal center of trade and important port of
the Early Pandyan Kingdom. At that time, it was located
on the banks of the Tamiraparani River
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Lothal Gujarat Lothal was one of the southernmost sites of the ancient
Indus Valley civilisation.

○ The port city is believed to have been


built in 2,200 BC.

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