Editing Tarshish (section)

===Southern India and Sri Lanka ===
Bochart, apart from Spain (see there), also suggested eastern localities for the ports of [[Ophir]] and Tarshish during King Solomon's reign, specifically the [[Tamilakkam]] continent (present day South India and Northern Ceylon) where the [[Dravidians]] were well known for their gold, pearls, ivory and peacock trade. He fixed on "Tarshish" being the site of [[Kudiramalai]], a possible corruption of [[Ketheeswaram temple|Thiruketheeswaram]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Brohier Richard Leslie |year=1934 |title=Ancient irrigation works in Ceylon |volume=1-3 |page=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of the Bible |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbibl1863smit |first=William, Sir |last=Smith |year=1863 |quote=the author notes how the Hebrew word for peacock is ''Thukki'', derived from the Classical Tamil for peacock ''Thogkai''}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Ramaswami, Sastri |title=The Tamils and their Culture |publisher=Annamalai University |year=1967 |page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Gregory, James |title=Tamil Lexicography |author2=Niemeyer, M. |year=1991 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Fernandes, Edna |title=The last Jews of Kerala |publisher=Portobello |year=2008 |page=98}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Smith, William |dictionary=A Dictionary of the Bible |publisher=Hurd and Houghton |orig-year=1863 |year=1870 |page=1441}}</ref>