Machilipatnam
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
Apr 19, 2026 09:08 PM
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History
A modern city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Machilipatnam served as a major port on the Bay of Bengal, from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Some Roman coins and Mediterranean ceramics have been recovered in the area.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/25660908
16.1817369, 81.1348181
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Machilipatnam (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Machilipatnam (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- మచిలీపట్నం (Macilīpaṭnaṁ: Telugu, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Masulipatam (English, AD 1800 - AD 1899)
- Masulipatnam (English, AD 1800 - AD 1899)
- Masulipattanam (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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Pleiades
The Greek names Maisolos and Masalia are often assigned to ancient Machilipatnam, although they are more properly understood as (for the former) an ancient name of the Krishna river and (for the latter) a regional name (thus BAtlas). Both the mouth of the Krishna and Masalia lay in the area, so there may well be some sort of toponymic link.
Tom Elliott, 'Machilipatnam: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/25660908> [accessed: 14 May 2026]
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