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Poompuhar: Chola Maritime Trade Underwater

POOMPUHAR UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY: CHOLA MARITIME TRADE AND THE LOST CITY Why in the News? Recent underwater excavations at Poompuhar, the ancient Chola port city on the Tamil Nadu coast, have uncovered a fragment of a West Asian torpedo jar, terracotta ring wells and over 250 ceramic fragments. The findings strengthen evidence of Poompuhar’s participation in …