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During Mahabharata period, the Dwaraka port is named as Kollam at the time of Kurukshetra. The Kollans(Smiths) organised for making weapons for Kauravar and distributed at Poruvazhi. During Ramayana period, the city is named as Ayodhya which is derived from Ayam + Othi. Ayam means Sea and Othi means nearby(Nearby Sea). As the ancient city of Quilon, Kollam was a flourishing port during the [[Pandya dynasty]] (c. 3rd century BC–12th century), and later became the capital of the independent [[Venad]] or the Kingdom of Quilon on its foundation in c. 825. Kollam was considered one of the four early [[entrepot]]s in global sea trade during the 13th century, along with [[Alexandria]] and [[Cairo]] in Egypt, the Chinese city of [[Quanzhou]], and [[Malacca]] in the Malaysian archipelago.<ref name=Tignor>{{cite book|last=tignor|first=Robert|title=Worlds together, worlds apart: a history of the world from the beginnings of humankind to the present|year=2010|publisher=W.W. Norton & Co.|location=New York|isbn=978-0-393-93492-2|page=365|url=http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=17166|edition=3rd}}</ref> It seems that trade at Kollam seems to have flourished right into the Medieval period as in 1280, there is instance of envoys of [[Yuan dynasty|Yuan]] China coming to Kollam for establishing relations between the local ruler and China.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Al-Hind,The making of the Indo-Islamic World|publisher=Brill|url=https://archive.org/details/AndreWinkAlHindTheMakingOfTheIndoIslamKhaledWahsh2FFacebook2FkWahshyahoo.com/page/n24/mode/1up?view=theater&q=Embassy|year=2002|chapter='Trade embassy to Kollam'}}</ref>