Korkai through time
Now Korkai, near Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu
Theme 8d · 300 BCE to 300 CE, with the Megalithic phase from 1200 BCE
The ancient Pandya pearl fishing port on the Gulf of Mannar
Theme M4 · 1070 to 1323 CE
South India before the Sultanate: the last Cholas, Hoysalas, Pandyas and Kakatiyas
On the Gulf of Mannar, the medieval world's chief source of pearls, whose trade the Pandyas taxed