{"id":371229,"date":"2026-09-07T16:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=371229"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:18:30","slug":"ancient-port-of-poompuhar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ancient-port-of-poompuhar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Port of Poompuhar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The third phase of underwater archaeological exploration has commenced off Poompuhar to trace the maritime trade links of ancient Tamils.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Ancient Port of Poompuhar<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371233\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-371233\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Live-History-India.jpg?resize=325%2C291&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ancient Port of Poompuhar\" width=\"325\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Live-History-India.jpg?resize=300%2C269&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Live-History-India.jpg?w=693&amp;ssl=1 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Live History India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Poompuhar<\/strong> was a flourishing <strong>ancient port city<\/strong> known as <strong>Kaveripoompattinam<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is located in <strong>Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu<\/strong>, near where the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kaveri-cauvery-river\/\">Cauveri River<\/a> flows into the Bay of Bengal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Naming:<\/strong> \u2018<strong>Puhar<\/strong>\u2019 in <strong>Tamil means the estuary of a river in the sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical Significance:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chola capital:<\/strong> Poompuhar served as the <strong>capital of the Early Chola kings in Tamilakam for a period.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maritime trade:<\/strong> The city had <strong>maritime trade links<\/strong> with <strong>Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and the West, including Egypt.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Literary references:<\/strong> <strong>Sangam works<\/strong> such as <strong>Pattinappaalai, Silappadikaram and Manimekalai<\/strong> describe the city, its settlements and maritime trade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Findings<\/strong>\n<ul data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"2148\">\n<li data-start=\"1984\" data-end=\"2148\"><strong>Ancient pottery: <\/strong>Pottery <strong>dating to the 4th century BCE has been discovered offshore east of Poompuhar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1984\" data-end=\"2148\"><strong>Submerged structures: <\/strong>Surveys found an <strong>elliptical structure<\/strong> near a previously <strong>identified U-shaped structure<\/strong>, along with <strong>other structures buried in the seabed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1984\" data-end=\"2148\"><strong>Possible ancient harbour:<\/strong> Earlier research <strong>identified features that could have been a harbour, dockyards, human settlements and a lighthouse.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1984\" data-end=\"2148\"><strong>Lighthouse:<\/strong> Remains of an <strong>ancient lighthouse were found at a depth of 50 metres<\/strong>, including a <strong>spiral staircase and causeway pillars.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The third phase of underwater archaeological exploration has commenced off Poompuhar to trace the maritime trade links of ancient Tamils. About Ancient Port of Poompuhar Poompuhar was a flourishing ancient port city known as Kaveripoompattinam. Location: It is located in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, near where the Cauveri River flows into the Bay of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ancient-port-of-poompuhar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ancient Port of Poompuhar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-371229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}