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Punjeri

a Pleiades place resource

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Modern location in the vicinity of Mamallapuram that may have been the site of a port or harbor facility for the ancient city.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/731165748

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
12.6158244, 80.1761091

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Pūnjeri (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- பூஞ்சேரி (Pooncheri: Tamil, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Punjeri makes connections with:

Uncertain: Punjeri port of Mamallapuram (unspecified date range)

Punjeri receives connections from:

None

Place type:
port, settlement-modern

References:

See Further:

Dayalan 2019 page 44

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Punjeri: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/731165748> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/731165748 |title=Places: 731165748 (Punjeri) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=May 19, 2026 3:44 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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