Coral
- British colonial
An 1825 British survey says a small amount of coral reached the Odisha coast on ships from the Maldive Islands. It arrived together with cowrie shells, coconuts and dried fish.
Maldive ships carried coral to Balasore and Dhamra, alongside cowrie shells and coconuts.
An 1825 British survey says a small amount of coral reached the Odisha coast. It came on ships from the Maldive Islands, along with cowrie shells, coconuts and dried fish. [Stirling, 1825, p. 194]
For scholars
Only one source documents this: Stirling’s 1825 survey. It gives no quantity or price beyond “a small supply”. No source here says what the coral was used for once it reached Odisha. [Stirling, 1825, p. 194]
Facts
- Category
- Gem
- Direction
- Imported into Kalinga
Scholar notes
Only one source documents this: Stirling's 1825 survey. No quantity or price is given beyond 'a small supply'. No source says what the coral was used for once it reached Odisha.
- Andrew Stirling. *An Account, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of Orissa Proper or Cuttack*. in Asiatic Researches 15. 1825. public domain , p. 194 ('a small supply of couris, cocoanuts, coral, and dried fish is obtained from the few Maldive vessels, which resort annually to Balasore and Dhamra'.)