Alagankulam
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 31, 2026 09:17 PM
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History
The ancient settlement associated with the modern village of Alagankulam on the Vaigai river in Tamil Nadu is thought to have been an ancient seaport though now positioned some 3 kilometers from the coast. The immediate area has produced local and imported ceramics (including Mediterranean amphorae and Roman potsherds), as well as fourth-century Roman coins.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49850
9.358891, 78.9793549
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Alagankulam (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 11291 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- அழகன்குளம் (Alagankulam: Tamil, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- None
settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 D5 Alagankulam
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Alagankulam
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Alagankulam: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49850> [accessed: 12 July 2026]
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