friends, recently i rread sujatha's novel "kandhaloor vasantha kumaran kadhai". in this the story depicts an active poompuhar. my knowledge was the city was not active after 8th century. which is fact" gandh
Hi some very large and nice temples were built in poompuhar area during this period. may be the port silted up or the old port was submerged but people continued living here. of course trade and commerce and foreign notices must have withered.