The recent archaeological excavations undertaken by .................at Pattanam suggests that the legendary seaport Muziri Pattanam, better known as Muziris, could have been located at this small village.

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• In 2004,.................., a geo-archaeologist, put forward the hypothesis that the legendary seaport of Muziris, which was a bustling trading centre during the early historic period between the first century BC and the fifth century CE, could have been located at Pattanam.
• Former Director of the Tamil Nadu State Archaeology Department ................is of opinion that it is not yet time to identify Pattanam as Muziris.
• Pattanam is a landlocked rural hamlet located in the Periyar Delta in ........................district in the southern Indian state ofKerala.
• The Periyar flood of ………….. made Muziris useless for trade and brought in to existence the Vaipin Island.
• ……………….and Keralamahatmyam are the two legendary works regarding the early history of Kerala.
• Mucciri Pattanam was situated where ................ was cleft into two.
• By the treaty of Sriranga Pattanam (1792) the whole of ………….except Wayanad and Coorg were ceded to the British.
• ..............., a name which means "coastal town", has ancient origins. It is said to have been first occupied around 1000 BCE and continued to be active till the 10th century CE. 4 m thick soil of this village conceals the ancient maritime history of the world.
• ………………became the first collector of the Dist. of Malabar (1st October, 1800) in the newly formed district administrative and social reforms were undertaken, though not as spectacular as those of the Princely states.
• Kunjikkannan Gurukkal, as vagbhatananda was known in early life, was born at Patyam village of Kannur district in an Ezhava family in……………..