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Kayal

a Pleiades place resource

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A medieval port city on the Bay of Bengal that seems to have replaced ancient Korkai as landscape change modified the course of the Tamiraparani river and the coastline at its delta.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/444530273

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
8.66967, 78.09331

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Associated Modern Locations:
- Geonames location: modern Palaiyakāyal (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Bawal (Modern Persian, AD 1300 - AD 1399)
- Cail (Latin, AD 1300 - AD 1399)
- Kabil (Modern Persian, AD 1300 - AD 1399)
- Kabilbatan (Modern Persian, AD 1600 - AD 1699)
- Kayal (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Kayalpattinam (English, unspecified date range)
- Palayakayal (English, unspecified date range)

Kayal makes connections with:

Kayal succeeds Korkai/Kolchoi (unspecified date range)

Kayal receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, port, settlement-modern

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Kayal: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/444530273> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/444530273 |title=Places: 444530273 (Kayal) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=May 19, 2026 4:23 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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