MAAGR-AMMUM (Μαάγραμμον, Ptol. 7.4.10, 8.28.5), a considerable town in the island of Taprobane or Ceylon. Ptolemy calls it a metropolis. It is not now certain where it stood, but some have identified it with Tamankadawe. Some MSS. read Naagrammum, but Maagrammum must be correct, as its form shows its Sanscrit origin. Lassen has supposed it stood at the SE. end of the island, and that its ancient name was Mahagráma.
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