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- The region derives its name from the Tamil Chola Mandalam (“Land of the Chola,”) an ancient dynasty that ruled the region from the mid-9th century ce to 1279.
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Jan 22, 2018 · A ship of the British Royal Navy, it stopped at the town in 1820 to purchase kauri spars and was itself named after India’s Coromandel Coast. Even more, interestingly, there is another theory about how the coast got its name.
Coromandel Valley, South Australia, and its neighbouring suburb, Coromandel East, gained their names from the ship Coromandel, which arrived in Holdfast Bay from London in 1837 with 156 English settlers. After the ship reached the shore, some of its sailors deserted, intending to remain behind in South Australia, and took refuge in the hills in ...
The region derives its name from the Tamil Chola Mandalam (“Land of the Chola,”) an ancient dynasty that ruled the region from the mid-9th century ce to 1279. It also has been known since ancient times as the “land of the temples,” for the many temples that are located along the coast.
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Jan 16, 2019 · The coast gets its name from the Dutch who mispronounced the name of a village found in the region known as Karimanal. Upon settling on the village, the Dutch named the coast as the Corimondal. The British who later settled along the coast further corrupted the name into the name the coast is known as today, the Coromandel Coast.
The Coromandel coast in Eastern Tamil Nadu has a fascinating past involving an ancient dynasty, a clash between colonial powers, and a prosperous trade in diamonds. While many theories float around about how the coast got its name, there are two most popular ones. The first one credits the Chola empire that settled here around 300 BC.
Dec 10, 2017 · The name occurs in the forms Cholamandalam or Solamandalam on the great temple inscription of Tanjore. So Coromandel takes its name from the ancient dynasty of Tamil rulers known as the...
History. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Coromandel, Europeans and Maritime Trade. views 1,698,278 updated. Coromandel, Europeans and Maritime Trade. Coromandel is the name given to the flat and agricultural southeastern stretch of India's coastline.
