Kottar

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kottar

(the Kotiara Metropolis of Ptolemy ; the Kottara of the Peutinger Tables ; the Mummudi Cholapuram of the Chola period). — Suburb of Nagercoil town, in the Agastiswaram tdlitk of Travancore State, Madras, situated in 8° 10' N. and 77° 26' E. Population (1901), 3,747. Formerly an independent town with considerable traftic, visited by merchants from far and near, it is still the chief trading centre in southern Travancore. Weaving is largely carried on, and cloths of very fine texture are manufactured. It contains a Roman Catholic church and an English high school.