International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research__________________________________ ISSN 2277-3630 IJSSIR, Vol. 4 (8), AUGUST (2015), pp. 10-20 Online available at indianresearchjournals.com ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF PULICAT: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE *M. SANDHIYA; **DR. MARTHAL NALINI *M.A., M.PHIL., PH.D RESEARCH SCHOLAR, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, TOURISM & TRAVEL MANAGEMENT, ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI-08. **M.A., M.PHIL., B.ED., PH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, (RETD.), DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, TOURISM & TRAVEL MANAGEMENT, ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, CHENNAI-08. ABSTRACT The Pulicat Lake, largest brackish water lagoon in South India, is a shallow depression and spreads over an area of 460 Sq.km. Pulicat was a Seaport in one of few Natural harbours on the Coromandel Coast of South India. The purpose of this research is to examine the Origin and Growth of Pulicat. The major findings of this paper is to study the historical background and significance of Pulicat, to provide a better understanding about the causes and consequences of trade in the Coromandel Coast of Pulicat, to trace out the changing scenario of the Pulicat City and to study the flora and faunas of the Pulicat Lake. KEY WORDS: Coromandel Coast, Flora and Fauna, Natural Harbour, Pulicat Lake, Sea-trade. REFERENCE Agarwal, M.K. (2012). From Bharata to India: The Rape of Chrysee. Vol II, USA. Azariah, Jayapaul. (2007). My Biography – Palliacatta, the Pulicat 1400 – 2007. Chennai: CRNIEO. Charles Stewart Crole. (1879). The Chingleput, Late Madras, District: A Manual Compiled under the Orders of the Madras Government. Chingleput: Lawrence Asylum Press. Chattopadhyaya, D.P. ed. (1999). History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: The Trading World of the Indian Ocean, 1500-1800, Vol III, Part 7. India: Pearson Education. Ganesharam, S., ed. (2011). History of People and their Environs: Essays in Honour of Prof. B. S. Chandrababu. Tamil Nadu: Bharathi Puthakalayam. Hunter, William Wilson. (2008). History of India: From the First European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company. Vol. VII. New York: Cosimo. Inc. Inscription found on the wall of Adhinarayana Perumal Temple. Pulicat. International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research__________________________________ ISSN 2277-3630 IJSSIR, Vol. 4 (8), AUGUST (2015), pp. 10-20 Online available at indianresearchjournals.com Metha, J. L. (1990). Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India, Vol III. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Limited. Muthiah, S. (2011). Madras Miscellany: a decade of People. Places & Potpourri. Chennai: East West books. Muthiah, S. ed. (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year record of the First City of Modern India, The Land, The People & Their Governance. Chennai: Palaniappa brothers. Nierstrasz, Chris. (2012). In the Shadow of the Company: The Dutch East India Company and its Servants in the Period of its Decline (1740-1796). Netherland. Pearson, Michael N. (2003). Indian: History Indian Ocean. London: Taylor & Francis Group. Pandian, J. (1987). Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity: An Interpretation of Tamil Cultural, History and Social Order. Bombay: Popular Prakashan. Prakash, Om. (1998). The New Cambridge History of India: European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India. UK: Cambridge University Press. Rahman M.M. (2006). Encyclopaedia of Historiography. New Delhi: Anmol Publicatiions Pvt. Ltd. Ramachandran, C.E. (1980). East India Company and South Indian Economy, (Madras: New Era Publication. Sengupta, Smita. (1992). Geography of India. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. Smith, Vincent A. (1999) The Early History of India: From 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest including the Invasion of Alexander the Great. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers. Srivastava, U.K. Inland fish marketing in India: Brackish water culture, Esturaries, Lakes and Swamps, Vol VI, (1984). Indian Institute of Management. Ahamedabad: Concept Publishing Company. The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume, (1939). Madras Tercentenary Celebration Committee. Madras: Asian Educational Services. Welcome to Pulicat (Pazhaverkadu). Pulicat: Pulicat Interpretation Centre. www.aarde.in .