Multiple choice general knowledge

Ptolemy wrote about the splendour of Mallarpha in 140 A.D and on seeing which the persians and arabs came to this port to trade long before the discovery of sea route to India . It is

  1. mahabalipuram

  2. mylapore

  3. mamallapuram

  4. malapuram

  5. mambalam

  6. molakkadai
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Mylapore was the ancient port city called Mallarpha (or Malaparva) that Ptolemy mentioned in 140 AD, attracting Persian and Arab traders long before Vasco da Gama's sea route to India. Mahabalipuram and Mamallapuram refer to the same place but different from Mylapore.

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