tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post536636163797554587..comments2024-03-26T05:22:38.867-04:00Comments on Historic Alleys: Introducing the Muziris PapyrusMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-56930868944851119892021-07-10T08:46:28.905-04:002021-07-10T08:46:28.905-04:00Thanks, Sreenivasarao,
it is quite difficult to an...Thanks, Sreenivasarao,<br />it is quite difficult to answer and go that back in time. I will try to find out. Meanwhile, pls peruse this paper which provides much detail.<br />https://journals.openedition.org/angles/800Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-65739140295169289302021-07-09T21:29:00.564-04:002021-07-09T21:29:00.564-04:00http://www.indianchristianity.com/ commented
The ...<br />http://www.indianchristianity.com/ commented<br /><br />The statement that the ships rounded the Cape of Comorin and reached Pondicherry in the 1st C's BCE/CE is difficult to accept. Western ships never ventured into the waters between Kanyakumari and Ceylon (Taprobane) because the sea was most turbulent and also had perhaps tricky mudbanks. All Western ships are reported to have Sreenivasarao shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18145080187608157787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-24251866434622295192017-03-08T11:49:07.224-05:002017-03-08T11:49:07.224-05:00Thank you Sir for the quick reply!Thank you Sir for the quick reply!Ektahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181748924178586618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-53776299440328092602017-03-08T08:38:28.626-05:002017-03-08T08:38:28.626-05:00thanks ekta
the augustus temple map comes from wik...thanks ekta<br />the augustus temple map comes from wikimedia commons<br />https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TabulaPeutingerianaIndo-Scythia.jpg<br />the second map is from here<br />https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2010/04/south-indians-in-roman-egypt.html#52S5yXC8qBFzXOiS.97<br />hope this helps<br />rgdsMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-75340095578208869762017-03-08T06:23:13.624-05:002017-03-08T06:23:13.624-05:00Dear Sir,
I am doing research on cartography and ...Dear Sir, <br />I am doing research on cartography and old maps. I found the map you used in this article very interesting. Could you provide me the source of that map from where you acquired it. Your help will be highly appreciated.<br /><br />Thanks and regards,<br />Ekta <br />email ID: ekta.geo@gmail.comEktahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181748924178586618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-67059543773619828132015-01-26T09:07:41.425-05:002015-01-26T09:07:41.425-05:00Thanks D.O' Donovan..
Your comment makes some ...Thanks D.O' Donovan..<br />Your comment makes some sense, but the lay Malayali never went beyond Coconut oil and ghee in those days when it comes to food and other needs. Perhaps it was sent off to other places like the Tamilagam and Vijayanagara...Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-77591391908230874182015-01-25T18:58:29.246-05:002015-01-25T18:58:29.246-05:00I would expect that olive oil would come relativel...I would expect that olive oil would come relatively cheap, offsetting the cost of India' luxury goods and acting as ballast. In addition to the labour-saving of having ready-bottled oil, it could serve as basis for medicine, oil for lamps, hair oil, and perhaps in some cases even a base for perfume. When oil-based soaps were developed I could not say, but they are not difficult to make. It D.O'Donovan.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02954991461523152480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-83360763032249368302013-09-28T09:32:34.093-04:002013-09-28T09:32:34.093-04:00Paper presented by Prof. George Menachery (kunjeth...Paper presented by Prof. George Menachery (kunjethy@gmail.com 00919846033713) at the Muziris Seminar, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Sept. 2013: The Maritime Importance of Muziris as Described by Roman Historians and Poets, and other writers. in the First Centuries BCE/CE as Inspiration for Undertaking a Modern Day Muziris - Red Sea Sail Ship Voyage.<br />Prologue:<br /> Allow me to put my last historicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035177757627102534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-87443859054925160692013-09-28T09:29:49.368-04:002013-09-28T09:29:49.368-04:00This is a whole paper I am posting. Use your sisso...This is a whole paper I am posting. Use your sissors. But what is to the point pl. let me have your valuable comments.historicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035177757627102534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-66796391001663839612013-07-13T11:06:32.274-04:002013-07-13T11:06:32.274-04:00Thanks Maxwell.
Why not...In these kinds of discus...Thanks Maxwell.<br />Why not...In these kinds of discussion, nothing can be that clear, and there is always some amount of doubt. Check this out - here I tried to discuss the topic further. http://historicalleys.blogspot.com/2011/06/on-location-of-muziris.html .Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-41041944694883160362013-07-13T02:44:55.239-04:002013-07-13T02:44:55.239-04:00My interest in Musiri/Muchiri/Muziris is rather ph...My interest in Musiri/Muchiri/Muziris is rather philological. I do not believe that this place existed anytime in what was thought to be Chera kingdom any more than I consider Tashkent to be found in Kerala for the only reason that a Keralite barber had chosen to call his saloon 'Tashkent'. The name with many variations could be associated with Moosa (of Egypt, Cyptos, Msri Arabic for A G Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825638342767184075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-70507953080599620092013-06-29T07:39:25.856-04:002013-06-29T07:39:25.856-04:00thanks Mr narsiah..
glad you found it useful..
hop...thanks Mr narsiah..<br />glad you found it useful..<br />hope you have a sucessful presentation<br />rgdsMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-42943088154860554462013-06-27T11:59:36.507-04:002013-06-27T11:59:36.507-04:00I have been going through the entire document copy...I have been going through the entire document copy of teh Vienna Paprys as published by L Casson, and I must thank you, for, it is through your posting I got to teh document. Since I am presenting on 6th July 2013 a paper on Periplus of teh Erythraean Sea, and as sailor of past, I understand the contents and your comments with more sensitivity. once again thank you. <br />NarasiahK R A Narasiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440303185317057699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-79959548926572432592013-02-16T11:49:52.248-05:002013-02-16T11:49:52.248-05:00Thanks Sunitha..
glad to see you all preserving th...Thanks Sunitha..<br />glad to see you all preserving the heritage and appreciating it!!Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-82171993583172213482013-02-16T10:58:50.381-05:002013-02-16T10:58:50.381-05:00Loved this very detailed post so much that I'v...Loved this very detailed post so much that I've added a link to it in my post about the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (http://chai-n-spice.blogspot.in/2013/02/kochi-muziris-biennale-art-of-new.html ). Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-80760813066493006202012-06-22T09:02:49.111-04:002012-06-22T09:02:49.111-04:00http://www.scribd.com/jeefrancis/d/77750594-Kerala...http://www.scribd.com/jeefrancis/d/77750594-Kerala-The-Egyptian-ConnectionJee Francis Therattilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175606881024343945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-11068863435870745202012-05-20T07:19:25.464-04:002012-05-20T07:19:25.464-04:00thanks susan..
am still trying to find one..
histo...thanks susan..<br />am still trying to find one..<br />history has less takers..Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-50919130107139361232012-05-19T00:02:54.848-04:002012-05-19T00:02:54.848-04:00Hello Maddy! Lovely skimming through your work, wi...Hello Maddy! Lovely skimming through your work, will sit down and read it in detail. Can't you find a publisher so that others who are not able to read on the net, enjoy your very lovely essays?Susan Visvanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402094861281674429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-80038118773951410612011-05-30T03:32:41.946-04:002011-05-30T03:32:41.946-04:00have not heard so far.awiting your comments.
babuhave not heard so far.awiting your comments.<br />babubabuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127902177799845010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-12573560306038448462011-04-03T08:22:08.560-04:002011-04-03T08:22:08.560-04:00Thanks babu..
I will get back to this subject soo...Thanks babu..<br /><br />I will get back to this subject soon..<br />rgdsMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-33786729742188460062011-03-28T12:38:39.155-04:002011-03-28T12:38:39.155-04:00The Muziris located by Hippalus appears to be dif...The Muziris located by Hippalus appears to be different from what shajahan discovered. Muziris mentioned by pliny is some where between Goa and Tellichery ( James Hogue). The periyar refered in sangam writings is only a big river in Chera Kingdom.then vanji.The first chera dynasty established its capital vanji, but near Karur. sangam writings belong to second second century. hence the Muziris babuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127902177799845010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-84949602029217948822011-03-28T12:35:32.793-04:002011-03-28T12:35:32.793-04:00The Muziris located by Hippalus appears to be diff...The Muziris located by Hippalus appears to be different from what shajahan discovered. Muziris mentioned by pliny is some where between Goa and Tellichery ( James Hogue). The periyar refered in sangam writings is only a big river in Chera Kingdom.then vanji.The first chera dynasty established its capital vanji, but near Karur. sangam writings belong to second second century. hence the Muziris babuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127902177799845010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-72385359475881938052011-03-28T12:24:05.640-04:002011-03-28T12:24:05.640-04:00why so haste in declaring Pattanam as Muziris? whe...why so haste in declaring Pattanam as Muziris? when was the kodungallore port called Musiris? whatever shajahan discovered were also discovered at Karur earlier. It is not considered as Musiris. Pliny mentions Karuvare in addition to Musiris. so they are different. But the musiris mentioned by pliny lies somewhere else. James hogue says it is between Goa and Telluichery and Nelcyindis is babuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127902177799845010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-79196679069407121922011-02-19T09:01:04.915-05:002011-02-19T09:01:04.915-05:00very nice hearing from you, historicus. I will get...very nice hearing from you, historicus. I will get back top you after a detailed perusal of your writing.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-75333394935071199882011-02-14T11:12:13.522-05:002011-02-14T11:12:13.522-05:00Thanks Maddy for taking the Muziris discussion to ...Thanks Maddy for taking the Muziris discussion to a vaster audience and for providing an intelligent but short discussion on the Vienna Papyrus. We had discussed some of these matters for the past few decades at Seminars at LRC Ernakulam, Trichur, Chennnai, New York, Shillong, Goa, Patna and elsewhere.The first article I myself had published on the topic was by Maggy G. Menachery, "ROADS TO historicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035177757627102534noreply@blogger.com