Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s1.27

c8.s1.27

59. From Comari towards the south (north-east) this region extends to Colchi (modern Kolkoi near Tutikorin), where the pearl-fisheries are;—they are worked by condemned criminals;—and it belongs to the Pandian kingdom. Beyond this there follows another district called the Coast Country, which lies on a bay, and has a region inland called Argaru (Uragapura=Uraiyur near Tiruchirapalli). At this place, and nowhere else, are bought the pearls gathered on the coast thereabouts; and from there are exported muslins, those called Argaritic.