Asked: U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1999medium Level
ID: 6ae793ba4aac9c32d5e3efdb
QUESTION STATEMENT:द्विभाषी / Bilingual
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा बंदरगाह पोडुके नाम से ‘द पेरिप्लस ऑफ द इरिथ्रियन सी’ के लेखक को ज्ञात था?
Which of the following ports was known to the author of 'The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea' by the name 'Poduke'?
SELECT CORRECT OPTION:
A
अरिकामेडु
Arikamedu
Correct
B
ताम्रलिप्ति
Tamralipti
C
कोरके
Korkai
D
बारबेरिकम
Barbarikon
Official Solution & Explanation:
Correct Answer: Option A(अरिकामेडु)
प्रथम शताब्दी ईस्वी की ग्रीको-रोमन कृति 'द पेरिप्लस ऑफ द इरिथ्रियन सी' के लेखक ने पुडुचेरी स्थित अरिकामेडु बंदरगाह को 'पोडुके' (Poduke) नाम से उल्लिखित किया है।
In the 1st-century AD Greco-Roman maritime text 'The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea', the port of Arikamedu (near Puducherry) is referred to as 'Poduke'.
Subject: Indian History•Topic: History of Ancient India•Subtopic: South India (Chola, Chalukya, Pallava and Sangama Period)
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