
Muziris
Ghost town · India
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 10.150, 76.200
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient seaport and urban center
History
Muciṟi, also Muchiri, Classical Graeco-Roman toponym Muziris/Mouziris, was an ancient port and urban centre on the Malabar Coast, southern India. It was located near the mouth of the Periyar River in the Chera country of Tamilakam.