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Periyapattinam

a Pleiades place resource

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A late medieval port town located in modern Tamil Nadu, India, on the Bay of Bengal. It seems to have flourished from the 13th century until the 17th, with Chinese and Islamic pottery from the first two centuries of that time being most abundant.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/532531493

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
9.27263, 78.90232

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Associated Modern Locations:
- GeoNames location: Periyapattinam (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Less than certain: Dabadan (Chinese, AD 1300 - AD 1399)
- Uncertain: Fattan (Arabic, AD 1300 - AD 1399)
- பெரியபட்டினம் (Periyapattinam: Tamil, unspecified date range)

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Periyapattinam receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement, port, settlement-modern

References:

See Further:

Dayalan 2019 pages 29-30 see "Periyapattinam"

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Periyapattinam: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/532531493> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

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