Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.262
Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.262
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c7.262
*Kāvirippūmbattanam*.—It is the full Tamil name of Kāverīpaṭṭanam at the mouth of the Kāverī river (*S.I.I.*, II, p. 287). It must be Kāverīpumpattinam, ancient sea-port capital of the Coḷas, washed away by the deluge according to Tamil classics (vide also V. R. R. Dikshitar, *Pre-Historic South India*, p. 31).