Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.42
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c43.s3.t13.42
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Rāmāvaloka or Rāmāvaloa was probably Rameshwaran where pearl-fishing was witnessed since the days of Ptolemy. The activities were centred around a chayl or coil, literally the temple on the sandy promontory of Ramnad (Balfour, *Encyclopaedia Asiatica*, Vol.7, p. 168). Kesiya was probably the island of Qays in the mouth of the Persian gulf. Barbara, as we have said earlier, is the African coast of the Red Sea.