HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Musiri or Muziris and Tondi on the west coast of South India, Korkai and Kaveripattinam on the east were among the chief ports of the Tamil land where foreigners crowded.
Detailed explanation-2: -The northern portion of the west coast is called Konkan and the southern portion Malabar. The south Malabar or Kerala coast is broken and there are some lagoons.
Detailed explanation-3: -Musiri and Tondi were situated on the west coast whereas, Korkai and Puhar(Kaveripattinam) on the east coast were among the chief ports during the Sangam age.
Detailed explanation-4: -On the west coast, there are the ports of Mumbai, Kandla, Mangalore, JNPT, Mormugao, and Cochin. The ones on the east coast are the ports at Chennai, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Paradip, Kolkata, and Ennore.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ptolemy mentions ‘Khaberis, an emporium’ which has been identified with Kaverippattinam. He mentions also the ‘Mouth of the River Khaberos’ which has been recognized as the mouth of the river Kaveri. Two points seem to emerge from his mention of these two places.