Everything about Muziris totally explained
Muziris is also a genus of
jumping spiders.
Traditional scholars identify Muziris with the town of
Musiri, located in upstream river
Kaveri, near the ancient capital of
Cheras,
Karur in Tamil Nadu. Roman coins and
amphorae are found in abundance along with
Chera-
Roman collaborative mint. Also noteworthy are the
Beryls and other semi-precious stones and metal work in the region as described by
Periplus.
Salem steel, antimony and lead in Egypt also confirms this to be an even more ancient port. The distance between Musiri and the sea is around 500 stadia as Periplus accounts. It is mentioned in the first century
Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, the first century
Natural History of
Pliny, the second century
Geographia of
Ptolemy, the second century Muziris Papyrus (p. Vindob G480822), the forth century
Tabula Peutingeriana and in poems of the
Tamil Sangam literature of the first centuries CE.
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