ABSTRACT
ForallpracticalpurposestheportofAlleppeyhasceasedtofunction; itisdead,notevenacknowledgedanymoreasoneofIndia's'minor
ports'. Once, however, it was the major port of Travancore and named as 'second to Bombay only' on the west coast of the peninsula. This chapter will re-create and assess the birth, life and death of this unique port.1
