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Ports and sea trade on the Andhra coast

Era: Mauryas & Satavahanas, Kakatiyas, Nayakas, Reddis & Bahmanis, Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis, Mughals, Asaf Jahis & the British

Ports and sea trade on the Andhra coastGodavariKrishnaGolconda–Masulipatam roadKakatiya road inlandTo Arakan, Pegu, Tenasserim, AchinTo Ceylon and MochaMachilipatnamMachilipatnamMotupalliMotupalliGolcondaGolcondaNizampatnam (Petapoli)Narsapur–MadapollamCoringaCocanadaVizagapatamBimlipatam (Dutch to 1825)CalingapatamTripurantakamN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Route

Ports of the Telugu coast in the sources, from the Periplus's Masalia and the Kakatiya port of Motupalli to the Dutch and English factories of the 17th century and the steamer ports of about 1900, with the road from Golconda that Tavernier took to Masulipatam. Sea routes show only the direction of the voyages the sources name; all routes are approximate.

Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

  1. Wilfred H. Schoff (tr.), The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century (opens in a new tab), Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 1912, pp. 47, 252. [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]
  3. J. Ramayya Pantulu (ed.), South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. X: Telugu Inscriptions from the Madras Presidency (opens in a new tab), Archaeological Survey of India (Manager of Publications, Delhi), 1948, pp. 304 (No. 556). [Public domain in India]
  4. 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. 362. [Public domain]
  5. P. V. Parabrahma Sastry, The Kakatiyas of Warangal, Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1978, pp. 250, 256. Cite-only; paraphrased. [All rights reserved (cited, not reproduced)]
  6. W. H. Moreland (ed.), Relations of Golconda in the Early Seventeenth Century (Hakluyt Society, 2nd ser., No. 66) (opens in a new tab), Hakluyt Society, London, 1931, pp. 6, 36–37, 63, 80–81. Cite-only; paraphrased. [Public domain in India]
  7. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (tr. V. Ball), Travels in India, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Macmillan & Co., London, 1889, pp. 162, 172–175. [Public domain]
  8. Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 204, 221, 261, 272, 294, 323–327, 337. [Public domain]
  9. George T. Walch, The Engineering Works of the Godavari Delta: A Descriptive and Historical Account (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1896, pp. 3–4. [Public domain]
  10. F. R. Hemingway, Madras District Gazetteers: Godavari, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1907, pp. 110. [Public domain]
  11. W. Francis, Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1907, pp. 125–126, 129. [Public domain]