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Dharanikota/Pitoura

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Apr 08, 2026 08:59 AM — History
Dharanikota is a modern village adjoining Amaravathi on the southern bank of the Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh. Ancient habitation, attested by pottery, and a series of wharfs and water management structures in various materials including brick and stone, indicate that trade and settlement activity began at the site as early as the second century BCE. The site has been identified with Ptolemy's Pitoura, which he identifies as a "metropolis".

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50219

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settlement, port

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 E3 Pitoura

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dharanikota


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M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Dharanikota/Pitoura: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50219> [accessed: 12 May 2026] 

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