Poompuhar
1. Poompuhar (Kaveripoompattinam) —> ancient Chola port city in present-day Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, located at the mouth of River Cauvery on the Bay of Bengal.
2. It was an important Sangam/post-Sangam maritime trade centre and is associated with the early Cholas; archaeological evidence suggests habitation from around the 5th–4th century BCE.
3. Recent underwater excavations by Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology + Indian Maritime University found West Asian “torpedo jar” fragments, terracotta ring wells and 250+ ceramic fragments.
4. Torpedo jars were long ceramic vessels used mainly to transport liquid cargo such as wine/olive oil across maritime trade routes —> evidence of Poompuhar’s links with West Asia and the Mediterranean.
5. Chola merchandise bore the tiger emblem; Poompuhar traded with regions including Southeast Asia, Arabia and Rome.
6. Submerged ring wells, brick structures and a possible palaeochannel indicate shoreline change/submergence; major parts of the city are believed to have been lost to coastal flooding/sea-level changes around the 4th–5th century CE.
Interlink: https://t.me/bpscweb/46064
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1. Poompuhar (Kaveripoompattinam) —> ancient Chola port city in present-day Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, located at the mouth of River Cauvery on the Bay of Bengal.
2. It was an important Sangam/post-Sangam maritime trade centre and is associated with the early Cholas; archaeological evidence suggests habitation from around the 5th–4th century BCE.
3. Recent underwater excavations by Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology + Indian Maritime University found West Asian “torpedo jar” fragments, terracotta ring wells and 250+ ceramic fragments.
4. Torpedo jars were long ceramic vessels used mainly to transport liquid cargo such as wine/olive oil across maritime trade routes —> evidence of Poompuhar’s links with West Asia and the Mediterranean.
5. Chola merchandise bore the tiger emblem; Poompuhar traded with regions including Southeast Asia, Arabia and Rome.
6. Submerged ring wells, brick structures and a possible palaeochannel indicate shoreline change/submergence; major parts of the city are believed to have been lost to coastal flooding/sea-level changes around the 4th–5th century CE.
Interlink: https://t.me/bpscweb/46064
https://t.me/bpscweb/26981
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#HISTORY
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A five-judge SC bench laid down the law on appointment of CEC and ECs by directing a committee headed by the PM and comprising the CJI and Lok Sabha LOP to appoint the CEC and ECs till Parliament promulgates a law.
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