Nagappattinam

settlement · 30 BC – 2099 AD

An ancient seaport, locus of Indian Ocean trade, Buddhist center, and major site for bronze production attested archaeologically and in epigraphic and literary sources from the time of Ptolemy to the present.

Coordinates

10.76480, 79.84308

Also known as

Malifattan (fa), Nagapattinam (en), Nagappattinam, Nākappaṭṭiṉam (ta), Nagavadana (zh), Navutapattana (pi), Nikama, Nikamma (grc), Pa-tan (it), Νικάμμα (grc), நாகப்பட்டினம் (ta)

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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