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The aim of this paper is to describe the life of the fisher folks of Coromandel Coast from the light of Sangam Literature. Throughout the stretch of the Eastern Coastline of Tamil Nadu there were many ports in ancient times. That ports attract many foreign traders. Among them, Arabians called the East Coast of Tamil Nadu as ‘Maabar’. The East Coast of peninsular lndia was called as the “Coromandel Coast” by the European writers. The European trading companies have adopted it in their official documents. Portuguese were the first to apply the term "Charamandel" to the coast of present day Tamil and Telugu countries. Barbosa wrote it as "Choromandel" as against the original printing of the term Charamandel, and it stayed for further period. Yule and Burnel and other modern historians adhere and accept the etymology of this term from Cholamandalam, the country of Cholas.

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