Tamaralipti ancient settlement is mentioned in early Indian literature, Ceylonese texts and it accounts of Greek geographers and Chinese pilgrims. These texts indicate that Tamralipti was located on the eastern coast near the confluence of the Bay of Bengal and River Ganga. the texts also indicate the Tamralipti was related to trade routes and frequented by traders, travellers and pilgrims. The Dudhpani rock inscription of Udaymana of eight century AD contains the last record of Tamralipti as a port of ancient South Asia.