Imperial Rome, Indian
Ocean Regions and Muziris
New Perspectives on Maritime Trade
Edited by K.S. MATHEW
MANOHAR 2015 Contents
Acknowledgements 7 1. Introduction K.S. MATHEW 9 2. Reconstructing Networks of Trade and Exchange in the Indian Ocean during the Early Historie Period: Case Studies from Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) ROBIN CONINGHAM, MARK MANUEL AND JO SHOEBRIDGE 31 3. Local Networks and Long-distance Trade: The Role of the Exchanges between Sri Lanka and India during the Mediterranean Trade ARIANE DE SAXCE 5 3 4. From the Mediterranean to South Asia: The Odyssey of an Indiana Merchant in Roman Times STEVEN E. SIDEBOTHAM 7 5
5. Wars,Trade and Treaties: New, Revised and Neglected Sources for the Political, Diplomatie, and Military Aspectss of Imperial Rome's Relations with the Red Sea Basin and India, from Augustus to Diocletian MICHAEL A. SPEIDEL 83
6. Roman Ports on the Red Sea and their Contacts with Africa, Arabia and South Asia: Acient Literary and Recent Archaeological Evidence STEVEN E. SIDEBOTHAM 129
7. The Port of Sumhuram (Khor Ron): New Data on its History ALESSANDRA AVANZINI 179 8. South Arabian Pottery outside South Arabia VITTORIABUFFA 207 6 Contents 9. Maritime Trade Contacts of Odisha, East Coast of India, wich the Roman World: An Appraisal SILA TRIPATI, SUNIL KUMAR PATNAIKAND GOPAL CHARAN PRADHAN 215
10. Assessing the Early Historie Indian Ocean Trade through Ceramics K. KRISHNAN AND R. BALLAVALLY 231
11. Ancient Ports of Kerala: An Overview V. SELVAKUMAR 269
12. International Maritime Trade: Evidences from Vizhinjam Excavations, South Kerala AJIT KUMAR, S.V. RAJESH, ABHAYAN G.S., VINOD V. AND SUJANA STEPHEN 297
13. Examining the Hinterland and Foreland of the Port of Muziris in the "Wider Perspective of the Subcontinents Long-distance Networks RANABIR CHAKRAVARTI 307
14. Muziris and the Trajectories of Maritime Trade in the Indian Ocean in the First Millennium CE Pius MALEKANDATHIL 339
15. A Muziris Export: Schidai or Ivory Trimmings FEDERICO DE ROMANIS 369
16. The Roman Pottery from Pattanam Roberta Tomber 381
17. Money Matters: Indigenous and Foreign Coins in the Malabar Coast (Second Century BCE- Second Century CE) SUSMITA BASU MAJUMDAR 395
Bibliography 425
List of Contributors 461
Index 465