Surveys Launched to Trace Malabar’s Maritime History Mohammed Ashraf, Arab News THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 12 May 2007 — The Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR) has begun surveys to trace the Malabar coast’s maritime history. The council will be assisted by the Indian Navy in the waters of the Kodungallur region since excavations there have produced evidence of Roman and West Asian maritime contacts. Historians believe Muziris, the lost port city of south India, which was a major center of trade with the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago, existed in the town of Pattanam. The navy undertook sea bottom profiling and the...