Colchi(68 words)
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India, trade with
Trading city on the south-eastern coast of India, situated opposite Taprobane (Ptol. 7,1,10; 7,1,95: Kolchikòs kólpos). Peripl. m. r. 58f. made reference to the fact that the coast of Komarei up to and including C. was important for pearl fishing. C. was probably the city today known as Koṟkai.
Karttunen, Klaus (Helsinki)
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Karttunen, Klaus (Helsinki),
“Colchi”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 27 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e618190>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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