Minnagara
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Minnagara was an ancient port located in what is now the modern city of Karachi, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Minnagara was a city of the Indo-Scythian kingdom, located on the Indus river in modern Pakistan, north of the coastal city of Barbaricum, or along the Narmada river, upstream of Barigaza. There were two cities named Minnagara, one on Indus River delta near Karachi and the other at Narmada River delta near modern Bharuch.
Minnagara is mentioned in the 1st century CE Periplus of the Erythraean Sea:
A second Minnagara is mentioned in the Periplus, which seems to be upstream of Barigaza:
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