Cabirus (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
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History
An ancient river of peninsular India, known to Pliny as Cabirus and to Ptolemy as Chabēros. Scholars identify it with the modern Kāverī.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49931
11.9325117822, 77.1045149915
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Kaveri river (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Cabirus (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Cauvery (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Χαβήρος (Chaberos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- കാവേരി (Kaaveri: Malayalam, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- காவிரி (Kaveri: Tamil, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- కావేరి (Kaveri: Telugu, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Kaveri (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Kâverî (French, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- ಕವೇರಿ (Kāveri: Kannada, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 D4 Cabirus fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kāverī
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Cabirus (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49931> [accessed: 12 September 2026]
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