Nīrpeya̤r̤ru
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 31, 2026 09:12 PM
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History
A Tamil placename treated as a seaport in the second-century Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai. Dayalan 2019 suggests it might be identified as an earlier name of Mamallapuram.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/126782966
12.6195981, 80.1936497
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- Nīrpeya̤r̤ru (Tamil, AD 100 - AD 199)
- Uncertain: Nīrpeya̤r̤ru same as Mamallapuram (AD 100 - AD 199)
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Pleiades
Tom Elliott, 'Nīrpeya̤r̤ru: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/126782966> [accessed: 19 May 2026]
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