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Evidence for Indo-Roman trade from Bet Dwarka waters, west coast of India
DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography
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Evidence for Indo-Roman trade from Bet Dwarka waters, west coast of India
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| Creator |
Gaur, A.S.
Sundaresh Tripati, S. |
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marine archaeology
Indo-Roman trade |
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| Description |
India had a very active maritime trade contact with the Roman world between the 4th century BC and the 4th century AD. In this context recent finds of stone anchors, potsherds, lead anchors and a lead ingot from 5 to 8 m water-depth near Bet Dwarka jetty is significant. The sherds include amphoras, jars, bowls and lids. Archaeological finds along the Indian coast and comparison between amphoras from Bet Dwarka and the Mediterranean suggest that the artefacts from Bet Dwarka may be datable to between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century AD. The numbers of stone anchors suggests that this was an ancient anchorage.
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2007-02-26T09:15:17Z
2007-02-26T09:15:17Z 2006 |
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Journal Article
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The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, vol.35(1), 117–127
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/538 |
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en
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An edited version of this paper was published by Blackwell. Copyright [2006] Blackwell
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1083334 bytes
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Blackwell Publishing
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