Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s23.t4.17
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s23.t4.17
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The place name Muciṟi occurring in one of the Muttuppaṭṭi inscriptions (No. 56, ca. 1st century B.C.) near Madurai may be identified as the famous Cēra seaport on the west coast.¹ Muciṟi has been identified as Cranganore on the west coast in Kerala (not included in Map I). Muciṟi was the prime port of call in India for Western shipping in the Classical Age and was well-known to Pliny and the *Periplus*. Muciṟi's prosperous trade, especially in pepper, with the Classical Western world is attested in the following famous lines:
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- No. 56 — Prakrit