Nagappattinam
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 10:50 AM
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History
An ancient seaport, locus of Indian Ocean trade, Buddhist center, and major site for bronze production attested archaeologically and in epigraphic and literary sources from the time of Ptolemy to the present.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50168
10.7647952, 79.8430779
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Nagapattinam (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Malifattan (Modern Persian, AD 1300 - AD 1399)
- Nagapattinam (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- நாகப்பட்டினம் (Nagappattinam: Tamil, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Nagavadana (Chinese, AD 600 - AD 799)
- Nikama (30 BC - AD 300)
- Νικάμμα (Nikamma: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Pa-tan (Italian, AD 1300 - AD 1399)
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settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 D4 Nikama
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nagapattinam
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Nagappattinam: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50168> [accessed: 22 July 2026]
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