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A Thread on "Ancient Industries Of Poompuhar"

#Puhar (also known as #Poompuhar), #பூம்புகார் is a town in #Nagapattinam district in #TamilNadu. It was once a flourishing ancient port city known as #Kaveripoompattinam, which for a while served as the capital of the Early Cholas! Image
It is mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea!

#Kaveripoompattinam was a beautiful maritime city of the #Sangam age, situated at the confluence of the river #Kaveri with the Bay of Bengal! Image
It served as the centre of Political, Cultural and Commercial activities of the Ancient Tamils!

There were references of its flourishing trade, planned layout, beautiful building and harbour area from the early Tamil works such as #Pattinappalai #Manimekalai & #Silappathikaram!
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