| 词条 | History of Madurai |
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Madurai is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu[1][2] It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and a popular Hindu pilgrimage centre. Sangam periodMadurai is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.[3] It was a flourishing city by the 1st millennium BC and served as the capital of the Pandyan Kingdom. Madurai features prominently in the 2nd century Tamil epic Silappadhikaram and the song Maturaikkāñci, both of which gives a detailed description of the city, its life and people. Madurai finds mention in the works of Roman historians Pliny the Younger and Ptolemy[4] and those of the Greek geographer Strabo. It is also mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.[5] Notes1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/India-TamilNadu.html |title=Tamil Nādu - City Population - Cities, Towns & Provinces - Statistics & Map |publisher=Citypopulation.de |date= |accessdate=2009-09-23}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.citymayors.com/gratis/indian_cities.html |title=Largest Urban areas|publisher=CityMayor.de}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dinamalar.com/district_main.asp?id=291 |title= Madurai Districts |publisher=Dinamalar }} 4. ^"Ptolemy (2nd century ce), commenting on the brisk trading relations between ‘Modura’, the Greeks and the Romans, calls it ‘the Mediterranean emporium of the south’" Madurai (2002). In Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend, Thames & Hudson. 5. ^{{cite book|last=Reynolds|first=Holly Baker|title=The City as a sacred center: essays on six Asian contexts - Madurai: Koyil Nagar|year=1987|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-08471-1|pages=12–25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OsAfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA12}} 2 : History of Madurai|Histories of cities in India |
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