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 | | The contacts with the Tulu country and the Alupa rulers in the north had made the Kolattiris - for that was how the rulers of Kolattunad were known - a significant factor. |
 | | Though not comparable to Kozhikode, Kochi or Kollam, ports such as Marahi (Madayi), Valabhapattanam (Valapattanam or Baliapatam) and Dharmapattanam (Dharmadam) were points through which trade with the Arab countries went on. |
 | | In fact Elimala, which housed for long their capital city of Kolam, was the first landmark on the west coast and naturally there was the tendency for sailors to drop anchor off one of the two nearby harbours of Madayi or Valapattanam even in later periods. |
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