Muciáši, commonly anglicized as Muziris was an ancient harbour and an urban centre on the Malabar Coast. Muziris was mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, the bardic Tamil poems and a number of classical sources. From Wikipedia
M.G.S. Narayanan, a transformative figure in Kerala historiography and former ICHR chairman, is remembered for his scholarly rigor and fearless ideological stances.
