Coromandel Coast

This article is about a region of India. For the region in New Zealand, see Coromandel Peninsula. For the town in Brazil, see Coromandel, Minas Gerais. For other uses, see Coromandel.

13°22′00″N 80°20′00″E / 13.3667°N 80.3333°E / 13.3667; 80.3333

The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coastal region of the Indian subcontinent, bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Kaveri delta to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west, extending over an area of about 22,800 square kilometres.[1] The coast has an average elevation of 80 metres and is backed by the Eastern Ghats, a chain of low lying and flat-topped hills.

A 1753 French Map of the Coromandel coast

The land of the Chola dynasty was called Cholamandalam in Tamil, literally translated as "the realm of the Cholas", from which Coromandel is derived.

In historical Muslim sources from the 12th century onward, the Coromandel Coast was called Maʿbar.[2]

  1. ^ "Coromandel Coast | Tamil Nadu, Bay of Bengal, & Map | Britannica". www.britannica.com.
  2. ^ Shokoohy, Mehrdad; Shokoohy, Natalie H. (2020). "Maʿbar". Encyclopedia of Islam (third ed.). Brill. ISBN 9789004435933. Retrieved 9 March 2021.