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Indo-Roman Trade

Boone, J L

New evidence for trade between inhabitants of the Roman Empire and India is emerging all the time, and pointing to a rather different and more complex model than that originally popularised by Sir Mortimer Wheeler. By looking at the archaeology of trading sites along the route east from Egypt, Africa, Arabia, Persia and Southern India, Roberta Tomber shows that whilst luxury items such as pepper and other spices were certainly important, everyday objects also had a major role to play in trade between these groupings both inside and outside the limits of the empire. She also extends the discussion down to the 7th century, showing that contacts and trade continued after the traditional 3rd century cut-off point. 216p b/w illus (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology 2008)

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