Periyapattinam

settlement · 1300 AD – 2099 AD

A late medieval port town located in modern Tamil Nadu, India, on the Bay of Bengal. It seems to have flourished from the 13th century until the 17th, with Chinese and Islamic pottery from the first two centuries of that time being most abundant.

Coordinates

9.27263, 78.90232

Also known as

Dabadan (zh), Fattan (ar), Periyapattinam, Periyapaṭṭiṉam (ta), பெரியபட்டினம் (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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