Sangam Age and the Satavahana Deccan

Every place on this map

1. Chola capital UraiyurTamil NaduThe early Chola capital, now part of Tiruchirappalli; their emblem was the tiger.
2. Pandya capital MaduraiTamil NaduThe Pandya capital; their emblem was the fish, and they held the southern tip of the peninsula.
3. Chera capital KarurTamil NaduVanji, the Chera capital, identified with Karur; their emblem was the bow.
4. PuharTamil NaduThe Chola port at the Kaveri mouth, also called Kaveripattinam or Poompuhar.
5. KorkaiTamil NaduThe Pandya port on the Tamiraparani near Thoothukudi; famed for its pearl fishery.
6. MuzirisKeralaThe Chera port of the Roman pepper trade; Roman coins and amphorae found in the region.
7. TondiKeralaThe Chera port the Periplus calls Tyndis; no archaeological trace of it has been found.
8. ArikameduPuducherryThe Roman trading post the Periplus calls Poduke; amphorae, glass and Arretine ware found.
9. SoparaMaharashtraAncient Surparaka, the west-coast port near Mumbai; fragments of Ashokan edicts were found here too.
10. BroachGujaratBharuch on the Narmada mouth; Barygaza of the Periplus, the greatest west-coast port of its age.
11. AdichanallurTamil NaduUrn-burial megalithic site on the Tamiraparani; iron tools, gold diadems and bronze from the urns.
12. KeezhadiTamil NaduSangam-age urban site in Sivaganga district, dug from 2015; brick structures and Tamil-Brahmi potsherds.
13. KodumanalTamil NaduIn Erode district; a bead-making and iron-working centre that cut beryl and carnelian for the Roman market.
14. PratishthanaMaharashtraPaithan; the Satavahana capital on the Godavari.
15. NashikMaharashtraThe Pandavleni caves; Cave 3 carries Gautamiputra Satakarni's prashasti.
16. JunnarMaharashtraAn early Satavahana capital near Pune, ringed by rock-cut caves such as Manmodi and Lenyadri.
17. Amaravati (Dhanyakataka)Andhra PradeshDhanyakataka (Dharanikota); the later Satavahana capital and the site of the great stupa.
18. NagarjunakondaAndhra PradeshVijayapuri, the Ikshvaku capital that followed the Satavahanas; Buddhist and Brahmanical remains together.