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Masalia is mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea from the first century BCE.

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The town was known as Maisolos when Ptolemy wrote that it had been around at least since the Satavahana period (3rd century BCE). From the first century BCE, Masalia is referenced in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The port is located along the Coromandel Coast, which is India's southeast coast. Vegetable dyed paintings and fabrics known as kalamkari are well-known in Machilipatnam. "Kalamkari Painting" was the name given to the method since a kalam (pen) was employed during the painting procedure. This technique piqued the curiosity of Western traders in the 17th century. On the Bay of Bengal, Masulipatam was the first British trading base (1611). The city was ruled by the French and the Dutch from 1686 until 1759, when it was eventually turned over to the British, who had seized possession of the city and fort from the French in that year.

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