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Gulf of Mannar
The Gulf of Mannar is a shallow bay of the Indian Ocean between south-eastern India and north-western Sri Lanka, bounded by Adam's Bridge to the north. Its pearl oyster beds were fished from ancient times and enriched the Pandya kingdom, whose port of Korkai traded with Rome. Control of the pearl fisheries was later contested by the Jaffna Kingdom, the Portuguese and the Dutch.
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