Kaveripumpattinam/Poombuhar

settlement · 30 BC – 2100 AD

This ancient settlement and seaport was located on the southeastern coast of peninsular India in the vicinity of the modern village of Poompuhar/Poombuhar. Excavations (including a wood-then-brick-built wharf carbon-dated to ca. 250 BCE), as well as epigraphic and literary evidence, demonstrate a thriving seaborne trade and Buddhist religious center through to the 7th century CE. The place was known to the Romans as Chaberis (Ptolemy) and Kamara (PME).

Coordinates
11.14529, 79.85373
Also known as
Campapati (ta), Chaberis Emporion (grc), Kamara (grc), Kaveripattinam (ta), Kaveripumpattinam (ta), Pukar (ta), Pumpuhar, Pūmpukār, Poombuhar, Poompuhar (ta), Pūmpukar (ta), Καμἀρα (grc), Χαβηρὶς έμπόριον (grc), பூம்புகார் (ta)
Dating
attested

Sources

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