Muziris

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Muziris was an ancient Indian seaport on the Malabar Coast that served as a key hub in Indian Ocean trade, linking the Chera kingdom with Roman, Arabian, and other foreign merchants.

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Label Occurrences
Muziris canonical 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient port city
archaeological site
associatedWith Chera dynasty NERFINISHED
Indo-Roman amphorae
Roman gold coins
country India
culturalInfluence facilitated cultural exchange between India and the Mediterranean
facilitated spread of foreign goods and ideas into South India
declineCause changes in river course
possible earthquake
possible flood
flourishedInCentury 1st century CE
2nd century CE
knownFor Indian Ocean trade
Indo-Roman trade
cosmopolitan character
maritime trade with the Roman Empire
pepper trade
spice trade
trade with Arabian merchants
trade with Mediterranean merchants
locatedIn India
Kerala NERFINISHED
Malabar Coast NERFINISHED
locatedInPeriod ancient India
locatedNear Periyar River NERFINISHED
locatedOn Arabian Sea NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Periplus of the Erythraean Sea NERFINISHED
classical Greco-Roman sources
writings of Pliny the Elder
modernCommemoration Muziris Heritage Project NERFINISHED
partOf Chera kingdom NERFINISHED
Indian Ocean trade network NERFINISHED
spice route
possibleModernLocation Kodungallur region NERFINISHED
Pattanam NERFINISHED
servedAs seaport
trade hub
tradedIn black pepper
gold
ivory
pearls
precious stones
silks
spices
tradedWith Arabian merchants
Egyptian ports
Persian Gulf ports
Red Sea ports
Roman Empire NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chera dynasty majorPort Muziris
ancient Tamilakam majorPortCity Muziris
subject surface form: Ancient Tamilakam
Tamilakam majorPort Muziris