Tāmalitti untranslated

Tāmalitti (Tāmalitthi). The port from which the branch of the Bodhi-tree was sent to Ceylon by Asoka (Mhv.xi.38; Dpv.iii.33). It is said that Asoka came from Pāṭaliputta, crossed the Ganges by boat, traversed the Vinijhāṭavi, and so arrived at Tāmalitti (Vin-a.i.90f).

It is identified with modern Tāmluk, formerly on the estuary of the Ganges, but now on the western bank of the Rūpnārāyana.

When Faxian came to Ceylon, he embarked at Tāmluk. Giles: op.cit. p.65.