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Marco Polo's Mutfili

Era: Kakatiyas

Marco Polo's MutfiliGodavariKrishnaPolo's coastal voyageWarangalWarangalMotupalliMotupalliNellore (Kakatiya conquest)Diamonds, Krishna alluviumDiamonds near Kurnool and KadapaSt Thomas's shrine, Mylapore (Ma'bar)N0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Route

Marco Polo called the Kakatiya kingdom "Mutfili" after its port Motupalli, and praised its diamonds and its cloth "like tissue of spider's web". Redrawn after Henry Yule and Henri Cordier's map of Polo's India (1903), with the capital Warangal, the port, the coastal voyage Yule drew past Mutfili and the two diamond tracts he marked. The voyage and the diamond tracts are approximate.

Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain). Redrawn from: Map to Illustrate Polo's Chapters on India (opens in a new tab), Henry Yule and Henri Cordier, 1903 (Public domain). Attributions

Sources

  1. Henry Yule and Henri Cordier (eds.), The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian, Vol. II (3rd ed.) (opens in a new tab), John Murray, London, 1903, pp. 335, 359–362; map, PDF p. 363. [Public domain]
  2. Sten Konow (ed.), Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XII (1913–14) (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India, 1914, pp. 190, 196–197. E. Hultzsch, "Motupalli Pillar-Inscription of Ganapatideva". [Public domain]