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Extract from the Kodungallur Travel Guides:
Virtually an island, surrounded by backwaters and the sea, the small country town of
KODUNGALLUR
(Cranganore), 35km south of Thrissur, is rich in Keralan history. The typically dusty and nondescript modern town contrasts sharply with tales of its illustrious past. Kodungallur has been identified as the site of the ancient cities of
Vanji
, one-time capital of the Chera kingdom, and
Muziris
, described in the first century AD by the Roman traveller, Pliny, as
Primum Emporium Indiae
, the most important port in India. Other accounts describe the harbour as crowded with great ships, wa...
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