Muziris is where history sleeps, with Buddhists, Jews, Christians, Arabs, Romans, the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British had it as a favorite destination.

Muziris was an active port in the 1st century BC, though it is still not known when the city-port was established. The merchants of Muziris had instituted Indo-Greek and Indo-Roman-Egyptian trade channels, dealing in gold and other metals, pepper and spices, gemstones and textiles.