Tyndis

Tyndis (Thondi) was an ancient south Indian seaport and harbor-town mentioned in Graeco-Roman writings. It was located about 500 stadia north of the port Muziris (Muchiri), in the country of the Chera rulers. No archaeological evidence of Tyndis has been found. The Chera rulers of early historic south India (c. 2nd century BCE - c. 3rd century CE) had their headquarters at Vanchi-Karur (Karuvur) in the interior Tamil Nadu and headquarters or ports at Muziris (Vanchi or Muchiri) and Tyndis (Thondi) on the Malabar Coast (present-day Kerala). Early Tamil poems (the Sangam Literature) contain several references to a port named "Thondi" on the Kerala coast in Chera country. Another town named Thondi, located in the Pandya country on the eastern coast of the peninsula, is also mentioned in early Tamil literature. This town continues to exist under the same name.

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