Imperial Rome, Indian Ocean Regions and Muziris: New Perspectives on Maritime TradeK.S. Mathew The battle of Actium waged in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt in 30 BC to the Roman Empire opened up avenues for increased commercial contact between the Roman Empire, South Asia in general and India in particular and the port of Muziris was the premier trading post of India. In this volume, eminent international scholars from the USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France, Italy as well as India provide detailed analysis of maritime trade in the Indian Ocean region in the early historic period. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
1 Introduction | 9 |
Case Studies from Anuradhapura Sri Lanka | 31 |
The Role of the Exchanges between Sri Lanka and India during the Mediterranean Trade | 53 |
The Odyssey of an Indiana Merchant in Roman Times | 75 |
New Revised and Neglected Sources for the Political Diplomatic and Military Aspectss of Imperial Romes Relations with the Red Sea Basin and India ... | 83 |
Acient Literary and Recent Archaeological Evidence | 129 |
New Data on its History | 179 |
An Overview | 269 |
Evidences from Vizhinjam Excavations South Kerala | 297 |
13 Examining the Hinterland and Foreland of the Port of Muziris in the Wider Perspective of the Subcontinents Longdistance Networks | 307 |
14 Muziris and the Trajectories of Maritime Trade in the Indian Ocean in the First Millennium CE | 339 |
Schidai or Ivory Trimmings | 369 |
16 The Roman Pottery from Pattanam | 381 |
Indigenous and Foreign Coins in the Malabar Coast Second Century BCESecond Century CE | 395 |
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