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Which foreign traveller visited to Kayal port?

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Marco Polo
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Nocolo conti
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Fa hien
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Hiuen Tsang
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The correct option is D Marco Polo
Kayalpatnam (aka Kayalpattinam), or Korkai is a town in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu, India. Kayal is referred to in Marco Polo's travel diaries dating to 1250 AD. Kayal was an ancient port dating to the 1st centuries of the Christian era and was contemporaneous to the existence of Kollam, another Pandyan port.

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