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Mantai

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M.U. Erdosy

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

Last modified Feb 25, 2024 10:38 PM — History

tags: dare:major=0, dare:ancient=0, dare:feature=settlement

Mantai was an ancient coastal town and harbor of northern Sri Lanka.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50120

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
8.947567, 79.966091

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 30470 (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.

Names:

None

Mantai makes connections with:

Mantai connection Taprobane/Palaisimoundou/Salike (island) (unspecified date range)

Mantai receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, port

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 inset Mantai

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Mantai, SRI

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Suggested citation:
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Mantai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50120> [accessed: 11 September 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50120 |title=Places: 50120 (Mantai) |author=Erdosy, M. |accessdate=September 11, 2024 2:18 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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