खृष्टगिबि जोबथा जौथायाव, बेनि मसलाफोर गुबैयै मालाबार गलमुरिसनि जुनै ग्रीक आरो र'मानफोरनि थाखाय बोरिमाया गोनांथार जाना फैदोंमोन।
In the last centuries BCE the coast became important to the Greeks and Romans for its spices, especially Malabar pepper.