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Muziris is also a genus of jumping spiders. Muziris is a Spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders The jumping spider family ( Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and over 5000 Species, making it the largest family of Spiders with about

Traditional scholars identify Muziris with the town of Musiri, located in upstream river Kaveri, near the ancient capital of Cheras, Karur in Tamil Nadu. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Musiri is a Panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state The Kaveri River ( Kannada: ಕಾವೇರಿ ನದಿ Tamil: காவிரி ஆறு also spelled Cauvery in English Chera may refer to Chera Valencia, Spain Chera Dynasty, ancient Tamil dynasty in southern India Chera (clan Karur ( Tamil: கரூர்) is a town and a Municipality in Karur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu situated Roman coins and amphorae are found in abundance along with Chera-Roman collaborative mint. An amphora (plural amphorae or amphoras) is a type of Ceramic Vase with two handles and a long neck narrower than the body Chera may refer to Chera Valencia, Spain Chera Dynasty, ancient Tamil dynasty in southern India Chera (clan Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Also noteworthy are the Beryls and other semi-precious stones and metal work in the region as described by Periplus. The Mineral beryl is a Beryllium Aluminium cyclosilicate with the Chemical formula Be3Al2(SiO36 Periplus is the Latinization of an Ancient Greek word περίπλους ( periplous, contracted from periploos) literally "a sailing-around Salem steel, antimony and lead in Egypt also confirms this to be an even more ancient port. The distance between Musiri and the sea is around 500 stadia as Periplus accounts. It is mentioned in the first century Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, the first century Natural History of Pliny, the second century Geographia of Ptolemy, the second century Muziris Papyrus (p. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea ( Periplus Maris Erythraei) is a Greek Periplus, describing navigation and trading opportunities Naturalis Historia ( Latin for "Natural History" is an Encyclopedia written Circa AD 77 by Pliny the Elder. The Geographia or Geography is Ptolemy 's main work besides the Almagest. Claudius Ptolemaeus ( Greek: Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; after 83 &ndash ca Vindob G480822), the forth century Tabula Peutingeriana and in poems of the Tamil Sangam literature of the first centuries CE. The Tabula Peutingeriana ( Peutinger table) is an Itinerarium showing the Cursus publicus, the road network in the Roman Empire. The Tamil Sangams are legendary assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets that according to traditional Tamil accounts existed in the remote past

Tabula Peutingeriana (section) — Tabula Peutingeriana clearly shows Muziris (Musiri) to be after Tabrobane (Tambapanni/Tamraparni/Sri Lanka) on the east coast, on the side of the (Ganges), along a river (Kaveri) after Paleris (Palar), near the township of Coriara (Karuvur/Karur) and up the river from Pattinam (Kaveripattinam/Poompuhar)
Tabula Peutingeriana (section) — Tabula Peutingeriana clearly shows Muziris (Musiri) to be after Tabrobane (Tambapanni/Tamraparni/Sri Lanka) on the east coast, on the side of the (Ganges), along a river (Kaveri) after Paleris (Palar), near the township of Coriara (Karuvur/Karur) and up the river from Pattinam (Kaveripattinam/Poompuhar)

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