The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.41
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s2.41
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In the early centuries of the Christian era, two of the principal ports at which the trade in pepper and other rarities was carried on were Muziris, the modern Cranganore, at the mouth of the Periyar, and Bakarei, or Vaikkarai, the landing-place for Kottayam. With a favourable south-east monsoon, the voyage from Arabia to Muziris occupied forty days during July and August, and traders were able to return in December or January after transacting their business.