Dharanikota/Pitoura
settlement · 30 BC – 2099 AD
Dharanikota is a modern village adjoining Amaravathi on the southern bank of the Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh. Ancient habitation, attested by pottery, and a series of wharfs and water management structures in various materials including brick and stone, indicate that trade and settlement activity began at the site as early as the second century BCE. The site has been identified with Ptolemy's Pitoura, which he identifies as a "metropolis".
- Coordinates
- 16.57765, 80.34837
- Also known as
- Dharanikota, Dharaṇikōṭa (te), Pitoura (grc), Pityndra, Πιτοῦρα (grc), ధరణికోట (te)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)