[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c30.419 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.419 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.419 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.419](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.419) \*\*Cranganore\*\*, \*\*Kodungallur\*\*, Dt Trichur (10°15′; 76°16′), the reputed capital of the Ceras, also said to be the place of location of Roman emporia, with a temple for Augustus according to the \*Peutinger Tables\* (2nd to 3rd century A.D.) which refers to this place as Muziris (Wheeler, 1946, p. 19). At present it is on the n. bank of the estuarine Periar river just before where it joins the sea. The river however has locally shifted its delta course considerably. This place is celebrated as Mahodai or Mahodayapuram, the seat of the second Cera empire of the 9th century. An excavation by the Cochin State had yielded only a medieval (13th-14th century) deposit at the place known as Ceraman Parambu. - [Previous: v2.c30.418](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.418) - [Next: v2.c30.420](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.420) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30) ## Linked texts (2) - [Cheraman Parambu](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.cheraman-parambu) - [Muziris](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.muziris) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.419](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.419) · Pramāṇa