Artigo Revisado por pares

The Murundas and the Ancient Trade-Route From Taxila To Ujjain

1966; Brill; Volume: 9; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1163/156852066x00119

ISSN

1568-5209

Autores

P. H. L. Eggermont,

Tópico(s)

Maritime Security and History

Resumo

THE MURUNDAS AND THE ANCIENT TRADE-ROUTE FROM TAXILA TO UJJAIN BY P. H. L. EGGERMONT Introduction In the XVIIth century the principal trade-route leading from the western coast of India to Afghanistan started from Surat, then the great port of the western coast, and ran to Agra and Delhi, and further to Peshawar and Kabul From the data of the Periplus Maris Erythraei it can be inferred that such a trade-route already existed in the first century A.D. 2). Generally, the anonymous Greek skipper who wrote this Seaman's Manual restricts himself to the description of the principal ports to be

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