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 Tranquebar was a Danish colony in India, from 1620-1845, founded by the Danish East India Company. It is spelled Trankebar or Trangebar in Danish, which came from the native Tamil, Tarangambadi. It was sold to Britain in 1845, whereafter much of it fell into disrepair. Churches, the fortress, and city gates are now being restored for tourism. Marine archaeology and Underwater Explorations A joint project between National Institute of Ocenography ,Chennai India and Scientific Exploration Society, U.K have explored Mahabalipuram coast to Cauvery Delta edge."A mid-17th century map of Tranquebar shows a complete plan of the town along with the then shoreline. A careful study of the map suggests that Tranquebar town was well protected by a seaward fort wall and the Siva temple was sufficiently landward within the fort wall. It is estimated that during 17th century AD the shoreline was at least 50 m away from the fort wall and a temple was located around 250-300 m from the shoreline. This observation unequivocally suggests that the shoreline has transgressed about 300 m in the last 300 years infringing at an average rate of one meter per year. If the same trend had continued since the last 2000 years, it might be expected that the ancient city of Poompuhar must have been submerged in 5 to 10 m water depths off Poompuhar." REFERENCE: Application of geological and geophysical methods in marine archaeology and underwater explorations Tamil Nadu under Vora, K.H.
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