tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post1156570749373844436..comments2024-03-26T05:22:38.867-04:00Comments on Historic Alleys: On the location of Muziris………..Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-7631687475903233582014-04-12T10:57:07.010-04:002014-04-12T10:57:07.010-04:00thanks esmeralda..
the location has been a subject...thanks esmeralda..<br />the location has been a subject which suddenly came to the news but actually one which requires more study and excavation..<br />thanks for visiting..keep comingMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-47010081165479972362014-04-09T01:52:16.050-04:002014-04-09T01:52:16.050-04:00Just came across your comments with reservations r...Just came across your comments with reservations regarding the location of Muziris.<br />Find the arguments for and against totally fascinating.<br />I've been wondering with a certain amount of scepticism whether "Selling Muziris" as Pattanam is more in the interest of the Kerala Tourism dept. than that of establishing the facts. <br />Ramble on Maddy!<br />GDEsmeraldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649438611843208508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-91241859999376745162012-02-04T07:58:44.439-05:002012-02-04T07:58:44.439-05:00thanks BVT
calliana is another disputed port and ...thanks BVT <br />calliana is another disputed port and I will get to it separately.<br />remember that many historians also thought it as either quilon or calicut.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-36014361273416782302012-01-30T11:22:04.211-05:002012-01-30T11:22:04.211-05:00i dont know this has anything to do with Muziris…...i dont know this has anything to do with Muziris… but i am little bit interested in the port "Calliana" mentioned in the "Christian Topography" by Cosmas Indicopleustes <br /><br />such as Male,(ie Malabar) where pepper grows, and to Calliana(?) which exports copper and sesame-logs, and cloth for making dresses, for it also is a great place of business..<br />Again we know BVThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910925166590278493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-41677193814899456172011-07-11T06:40:05.461-04:002011-07-11T06:40:05.461-04:00Musiri is mysterious and remains evasive. I was at...Musiri is mysterious and remains evasive. I was at Pattanam on the day when a pot with Tamil Brahmi inscription reading "Amana" was discovered. Pattanam seems to have been a point at which ships could have anchored. The crew might have remained there for an year or so but it is difficult to establish that Pattanam was Muzris.P.N. Subramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420464521174227821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-55742885248990947072011-06-26T07:44:09.733-04:002011-06-26T07:44:09.733-04:00an adder - I meant sailing ships with square sails...an adder - I meant sailing ships with square sails as the Romans had. The Arabs had very maneuverable lateen sails.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-30726312269028601012011-06-26T07:42:49.241-04:002011-06-26T07:42:49.241-04:00Thanks babu..I studies your notes as well, briefly...Thanks babu..I studies your notes as well, briefly. Sailing ships can change direction, and so can curve downward.<br /><br />Check this for how<br />http://i.quizlet.net/i/HVmX0p0Zcc3r0TFEIGslpA_m.jpg<br /><br />but yes, the real Muziris could have been at another place. For now people are only choosing candidates based on our limited understanding. These ports were transient and did not last Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-51602957670393696492011-06-21T16:05:43.057-04:002011-06-21T16:05:43.057-04:00Mirjan was an active port in ancient days.From Goa...Mirjan was an active port in ancient days.From Goa Up to Nileswaram was under Chera in first century. Nileswaram under pandya.( dowson,Cunningham). The map shown is not a part of Periplus of erithriyan sea and not authentic.It was published in a missionaries book and lifted by Wikipedia and later lifted by Muziris heritage officials.Though the entire coastal area appears to have full of ports babuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127902177799845010noreply@blogger.com