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The Chola Empire's Lost Port City: Kaveripattinam's Rise and Fall
Long before Thanjavur's great temples rose, the Chola heartland pulsed at Kaveripattinam—a bustling port at the Kaveri's mouth that rivaled Rome and Alexandria. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how this city, praised in ancient Sangam poems like Pattinappalai, grew rich on pepper, pearls, and silk, only to be swallowed by the sea. They trace its founding by the Early Chola king Karikala, its role as a gateway for Roman and Southeast Asian trade, the guilds like Ayyavole and Manigramam that operated there, and the archaeological mystery of its disappearance. The episode also…
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