Kottapatnam

settlement · 30 BC – 2099 AD

A modern village near the coast north from Chennai where an archaeologically attested seaport settlement flourished from the 3rd century BCE until the 15th century CE as attested by remnants of Chinese and Thai pottery -- as well as a Chinese coin. It is probably to be identified with Ptolemy's "Kottis".

Coordinates

14.11601, 80.11992

Also known as

Kothapatnam, Kottapaṭnaṁ (te), Kottapattinam (en), Kottapattinam (en), Kottis (grc), Κοττίς (grc), కొత్తపట్నం (te)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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