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Bakare

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M.U. Erdosy

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Oct 14, 2025 12:49 PM — History

An ancient port settlement on the southwest coast of India, mentioned by the Periplus, Pliny, and Ptolemy. Casson (whence BAtlas) places it at modern Pirakkād/Purakkad in the state of Kerala.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49890

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
9.35099, 76.36792

Locations:

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

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Βακάρη (Bakare: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Bakare (30 BC - AD 300)
- Βαραρή (Barare: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Becare (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Vaikkarai (Malayalam, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
Associated Modern Names:
- Pirakkād (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- പുറക്കാട് (Purakkaadu: Malayalam, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Purakkad (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Bakare makes connections with:

None

Bakare receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

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Evidence:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 D5 Bakare

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Pirakkād Malayalam: Vaikkarai

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Suggested citation:
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Bakare: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49890> [accessed: 13 December 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49890 |title=Places: 49890 (Bakare) |author=Erdosy, M. |accessdate=December 13, 2025 2:33 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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