Sri Lanka

natural · 330 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate

The island of Sri Lanka lies at the center of the Indian Ocean world, connecting and connected by trade and communication with and between Africa, Arabia, southwest Asia, peninsular south Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and beyond.

Coordinates

7.98140, 80.57468

Also known as

Cezā’ir-i Serendīb (ota), Cezīre-i Serendīb (ota), Insula Taprobane (la), Insvla Taproba[n]e (la), Palaisimoundou (grc), Salike (grc), Serendīb (ota), Silenfantine (grc), Simoundou, Taprobane (la), Taprobane (la), Ταπροβάνη (grc)

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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