Which of the following ports on western coast is/are related to Satavahana’s period?

Kalyana

Barygaza

Sopara

Motupalli

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The Satavahana period witnessed commercial intercourse with and the colonisation of the Far East. The important ports in the eastern Deccan were Kantakossyla (Kantakasela). Koddura (modern Gudur) and Allosynge.
At Chinna Ganjam (Prakasam district) near the sea-shore was found a pillar inscription of the time of Yajna Sri Satakarni.
Motupalli was another port, situated three miles to the north-east of Chinna Ganjam.
The greatest port in Satavahana western Deccan was Kalyana, the Calliena of the Periplus, near Bombay.
Barygaza and Sopara were other important ports on the western coast.

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The Satavahana period witnessed commercial intercourse with and the colonisation of the Far East. The important ports in the eastern Deccan were Kantakossyla (Kantakasela). Koddura (modern Gudur) and Allosynge.
At Chinna Ganjam (Prakasam district) near the sea-shore was found a pillar inscription of the time of Yajna Sri Satakarni.
Motupalli was another port, situated three miles to the north-east of Chinna Ganjam.
The greatest port in Satavahana western Deccan was Kalyana, the Calliena of the Periplus, near Bombay.
Barygaza and Sopara were other important ports on the western coast.

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