The Lost City of Muziris | How Did This Mysterious Ancient Indian City Disappear?
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Muziris, or Muchchiri Patnam as it was known locally, was once one of India's most important port town which traded with the mighty Roman Empire with the black gold, pepper. After hundreds of glorious years, the port city Muziris disappeared without leaving any trace. Or did it?
Join me today as I learn more about our illustrious past, and find the answer to the question - is Muziris lost forever, or have the recent excavations helped us identify the exact place where the city existed?
00:00 Introduction
00:58 Arts of Kerala - Kalaripayattu, Kathakali, Ottan Thullal
03:28 Cranganor History Café & Riverside Château
04:30 Visit to PAMA to meet Dr PJ Cherian
05:07 Rise of Muziris
07:07 Boat ride in River Periyar
08:35 Muziris beyond Rome
09:08 Visit to Chendamangalam Synagogue
10:39 Visit to Paliam Palace
12:18 Fall of Muziris
12:57 Rediscovering Muziris
14:28 Visiting Pattanam with PAMA
17:56 Ayurvedic Massage at Cranganor
This film would've been impossible without the support of Dr PJ Cherian from PAMA who graciously agreed to help me with the project, and shared many of this insights about the excavation work.
You can connect with PAMA at pamatatas@gmail.com & +91 9544049495.
Corrections:
1. The floods took place in 1341 CE and not 1431 CE as I mentioned in the video. That's an error from my side.
2. Portuguese reached India in late 15th Century
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I had heard about Muziris when I was studying Indology during 1996-98. I got to see some artefacts dug out from the ancient port city thanks to you.
That’s fascinating! I learnt about it only recently and was absolutely enamoured by it :)
Missing my Kerala and its magical monsoon.
A few suggestions
1. Muziris is now a heritage site, and you could have visited the Kottapuram fort and market associated
2. Try to check out Kochi -Muziris biennale, which draws a lot of croud and artists around the world.
3. Chendamangalam synagogue is an example..but there are a handful of synagogue in that area, also the first masjid -cheraman masjid is a heritage site now and many oldest churches (Syrian Churches) in South Asia / India can be found nearby.
The fort and the market were certainly on my itinerary, but had to skip due to time. Hopefully next time :)
You derserve more views bro, beautiful video❤, love from Kerala 🫂
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
Siddharth.
You are doing a wonderful job of reawakening in the minds of the young and also your peers, showing so many wonderful places in India. Your Hindu pride is infectious and it inspires us. Even me, an 85 year old settled in the US from 1965, probably before you were born. Carry on, beta, your great work. Blessings and love.
Thank you so much! I take pride in absolutely everything Indian, and I'm so happy that I'm able to generate curiosity and love for our incredible past among fellow Indians too :)
Sir, The 1st century and 2nd century European travelers specifically refers to the capital of 'Keralaputhra' in Sanskrit (i.e Kaelobothras, Keprobothras etc in Greek) as situated 20 stadia (3 km) inland from the sea-coast or in present day Kerala in which the port city of 'Muziris' (i.e Kodungallur) on the banks of the river 'Pseudostomus' (i.e Periyar river) as situated therefore it was also referred to as 'Jangli, Shinkali, Gingaleh etc' by the Foreign Travelers since the 10th Century C.E after the native Malayalam word 'Changalazhi' as denoting the Estuary at Kodungallur hence the Earliest extant Kerala literary works itself refers to the port city of 'Kodungallur' (i.e Muziris in Greek) on the banks of the river Periyar (i.e Pseudostomus in Greek) as the 'Nripapuri' (i.e Capital) of the Kerala king titled as 'Keraladhinatha, Keraladhishvara etc' in Sanskrit (i.e Keralaputhra) in Kerala history
For Example:
Kerala is not only the country, but also the Kshathriya-king inhabiting the country" - Vaarthika of Kaathyayana pre-3rd Century B.C
The Periyar river and its tributaries in Malayalam was known as 'Mahanadhi, Choorni, Marudhvritha, Nau (chalakkudi river) etc' in Sanskrit and the royal family of Mahodayapuram (i.e Makkothayar-Pattanam in Malayalam) titled as belonging to the 'Keralakula' (i.e Kerala-Dynasty) was known as 'Bahuvyapthi' meaning 'having great expansion' (i.e Perum-Padarppu in Malayalam) in the Sanskrit works of Kerala until the 14th Century C.E among which the port-town of Kochi (i.e Gosrinagara in Sanskrit) referred to as 'Cocym' by the Foreign Travelers since the 15th Century C.E was the property of the 'Elaya Thavazhi' referred to as 'Narayana Varma, Govindha Varma, Rama Varma etc' until the 15th Century C.E or since Pre-Portuguese Period in Kerala (Malabar) history.
The term 'Keshavan, Kashu, Ashudham etc' in Malayalam are also written as 'Keyavan, Kayu, Ayitham etc' in the inscriptions and similarly, the term 'Muyirikodu' in the inscription is to be read as 'Mushirikodu'. (I.e Muziris in Greek) aka 'Changalazhi' in Malayalam until the 14th Century C.E (i.e Jangli, Shinkali, Gingaleh etc)
There is an agreement known as 'Muziris-Papyrus' from the 2nd Century C.E which documents the trade agreement between Muziris (i.e Kodungallur) and Alexandria and simialrly, the port-cities of Kerala were at the height of its prosperity with trade relations from all over the world since the 1st Century C.E to the medieval period of Indian history.
For Example:
“Among all the places in the world I have seen none equal to the Port of Alexandria except Kawlam (Kollam in Kerala) and Calicut (Kozhikodu in Kerala) in India” - Ibn Battuta (14th century C.E)
There were no Kshathriya kings in Kerala.
Please don't support the dishonest historians sir. The Kings of Kerala are referred to as 'Kerala, Keralaputhra, Keraladhinatha, Keralakularaja, Keralavarma etc' in all of known Indian history including Kerala literary works. The south Indian invaders from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka etc have referred to the Kerala (Malabar) kings as 'Sera, Serala, Chera, Cherama etc' in their Dravidian languages and as 'Kerala' in Sanskrit until the 12th century C.E in Indian history as it is the Malayali kings alone in the historical accounts of Kerala since the 9th Century C.E as consisting of the chieftain Kolathiri of Kolathunadu, Kurumpiyathiri of Kurumpranadu, Eralathiri of Eranadu, Vellathiri of Valluvanadu, Onathiri of Odanadu, Venathiri of Venadu etc who were the rulers of Kerala (Malabar) until the 18th Century C.E in Kerala history.
For Example:
The invaders from Tamil Nadu such as the Chola king in his Sanskrit inscription has stated that "he had crossed the sahya mountains (western ghats) and destroyed the Kerala king and his country (Kerala) protected by the chief of the Brigus (i.e Lord Parashurama - Ex. "Jithva Kerala Bhupathim Brigupatheschithva Thapo Rakshitham Prithvim") which itself shows that the land of Kerala was known as the Parashurama Kshetra (i.e creation of parashurama) among even the non-keralites in history.
The port-cities and towns of Kerala (i.e Keralaputhra in Sanskrit) such as 'Tyndis, Kalaikarias, Bramagara etc' including 'Muziris' up to Komari (i.e Kanyakumari in Sanskrit) as mentioned by the Foreign travelers cannot be satisfactorily identified with current names in Kerala unlike the Indian cities as mentioned by the Foreign travelers such as 'Modura (Madurai) in Tamil Nadu (i.e Madhura in Sanskrit), or Souppara (Sopara) in Maharashtra (i.e Surparaka in Sanskrit), or Barygaza (Bharuch) in Gujarat (i.e Bhrigukaccha in Sanskrit) etc' but that doesn't mean that a catastrophic event had destroyed Kerala ports and reshaped Kerala geography in the past unlike elsewhere in India.
Dear Joseph, the Greeks call Kerala as KeraBotra from Kerala Putra even before birth of Jesus. If Brahmins or Sanskrit didn't reach Kerala then how come Greeks, Romans and Egyptians refer Kerala as Kera Putra? Putra means son in Sanskrit and Kera is definitely Sanskrit word for Coconut, the whole Dravidian propaganda failed thanks to Greeks and Periplus @@josephs4044
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Another informative beautiful video… I am going to Kerala tomorrow for a short holiday…I think I saw some Chinese fishing from kochi in this video. Thank you so very much..
Have a great time in Kochi! The Chinese fishing nets are all over but the oldest ones are in Fort Kochi.
Yes the oldes5 one are there.
Pls visit Padbanabaswamy temple in thiruvanthapuram. You will come across one of the best Dravidian architecture ❤️
@@kumaraanu 🤚
Great work👏
Thanks so much ❤️
Great Bro!! You are the genuine one!!!
Thank you so much for the love ❤️
Amazing & Thank u for this extremely informative vlogs🙌
You are most welcome Juhi! 🙌🙌
Hii brother, its great video and study you did on this. Sometimes we are forgetting our roots and ancestors. Especially kerala young people those leaving #kerala and settling in western countries. Keep going brother you did great job. Following for more valuable content from you.
Thank you so much! No matter where we are in the world, we can always take pride in our rich history. I do hope people from Kerala also see the video and connect with their glorious past 🙌
Another Gem on this channel
Amazing history!
May you continue to explore and educate the likes of us❤
Thank you so much bhabhi :)
So happy to see someone making a video about lost history of my home town
With love from Kodungallur aka musiris aka mahodayapuram
The pleasure was all mine 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Much informative love it❤❤
Thank you so much ☺️
It is a great thing that you took interest in this topic...and covered it. One of the most famous ports of ancient bharat, described by Greco-Roman writers.
It was a wonderful opportunity and I couldn’t hold myself back from exploring it 🙌🙌
Awesome bro ❤
Thank you so much 🤗
Very well showcased video 😊
Thank you so much 🙌🙌
Your videos are not only history and videography classes but also the way you speak Hindi is also something that we can learn ❤ thank you for your exemplary content 😊
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Nice one Sid:)😍
Thank you so much!
Very interesting video! Well done! I am sure there are many, many more lost places like this! Please bring them out, so our future generations will know more about India! At the moment most of the know nothing!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😀 Thank you! All the best!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you so much! I hope I can bring out more such stories to the fore - they already exist due to the hard work that experts have done, I simply need to amplify their discoveries with good storytelling 🙌
Glad to see Harsh enjoying Ottan thullal over your Vedio...
That’s awesome you recognised him! He had a blast during the session :)
Woooow so amazing ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
Awesome 😎 Content 👏 Bro
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️
Muziris is now Kodungaloor. The Cheran king who travelled to Mecca and became a Muslim, build the first mosque here. Named as Cheramman Juma Masjid or Cheramman Masjid. The famous Kodungaloor Bhagavathi/Devi temple and Shiva temple are also near.
Much informative video 👌👌
Thank you! 🙏
Sachi me me a video vlog video samajh raha tha a to information video nikli In my time I wanted to go back but the informetion video also impressed me
loved this piece of art from you i just had a question how can one become cinematographer like you
Thank you so much! I’m not quite a good cinematographer - still learning how to do it well and CZcams is fabulous about it!
Very nicely done video; a small correction though - the flood was recorded in 1341, and not 1431 like you had mentioned. Just mentioning for factual corrections. Do keep up the good work. Cheers from Kerala!
Thanks so much for the correction - I checked my notes and realised that I made the error while recording the voiceover. Unfortunately I can’t change the voiceover now but have added a correction in the video 🙌
I really loved it bhaiya🫶
Thank you so much 🤗🤗
Its my place......❤and im living there
That’s wonderful!
You are doing wonderful job bhai 🤍
Thanks so much Arjun ❤️❤️
Kerala has its own language, dance, martial arts, food, medicine, spice, heritage, climate and ofcourse people 😂
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Indeed 👍
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Bahut vadia video hai bhai
Thank you so much! 🙌🙌
Is Sir, Dr. Cherian, an anthropologist?
Unfortunately I don’t know that…
Muzriz was not the part of India at that time. It was an independent kingdom. There were another kingdoms existed like thiruvithamkoor, kochi, malabar....And budhism came in kerala from srilanka.... Not northern India.
@@Rajmohan-nh4ic whether it is kochi, travancore all are now part of modern day india. So They are definetly included in history of india.
I stay in North Paravoor which is where the Muzaris remains have been found. We are part of India😊
nothing Name Out of muziris excavation.vəhy cherians jacobs so interested.
A LOT came out of the excavations. It's a huge project and Kerala Tourism has developed an entire trail in the region on the same. The findings in Pattanam are some of the most important ones from ancient India.
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms were looking for st. thomas skeleton
@@suchithraraghavan5335 Who was looking for St Thomas's skeleton? My video is clearly not about St Thomas or his skeleton and is simply a celebration of an important historical port of India. There's ample published literature on this which you can read online.
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms siddhuji I didn't target u.u don't know the mindset of these people. I am frm kerala
St. Thomas coming to kerala is a lie
muziris❌ (Anglicised name)
mahodayapuram✔️ (real name)
Built by our chera empire king💛⚔️
My understanding is that it was known as Muchchiri Patnam in Tamil Sangam literature. Mahodayapuram is a much later city with both built by the Cheras even though the exact relationship between these two Chera dynasties (ancient and the medieval one) isn’t so known well.
Pls do share some references on this - I would love to learn more 👍
True, Mahodayapuram came later and mostly south of Muziris though close by. The Muziris is western name for local name- Murichipattanam which is also called as Makkottai.
Soo much secularism destroyed kerala s culture of sanatani now a hub of terrorism in many forms.
Video is good but feel sorry for kerala
That’s a very harsh thing to say and perhaps someone from Kerala can respond to this and add their insights. In my experience though, the diversity of Kerala has also been its strength.
No point responding to andhbhakts - the real tukde tukde anti-nationals.
@@Abubabaji22 we have our own eyes and brains to understand the narration.
@@nanditachoudhury4979 okay speak about the things you seen with own eyes and brains lol
As a person from kerala yeah we are losing our culture day by day
Very interesting episode. Thank you.
Thanks
Thank you so much 🙏🙏❤️❤️