alleryMuziris, a major port trading with Rome, belonged to which Tamil kingdom?
AChola
BChera
CPandya
DPallava
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Chera
1. Muziris lay on the south-western coast of India, near modern Kodungallur in Kerala.
2. It was a major trade centre between the Chera kingdom and the Roman Empire.
3. The Chola, Pandya and Pallava kingdoms are not the ones named for it.
_Source: Wikipedia, Indo-Roman trade relations, Muziris_
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