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N., 75° 8′ E.). This conflicts with nearly all that we know of the geography and politics of the Tamil kingdoms, and is entirely impossible for Nelcynda. This port, according to the Periplus, belonged to the Pāndyan kingdom, which certainly never extended so far north.




The Cochin Backwaters: from Réclus, Asia, Vol. III.