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316 mittelalterliche islamische Denker ahnten, das jedoch unter den damaligen Verhdlt- nissen nicht f3r die Dauer durchf3hrbar war, da man sich von der Vorstellung der Vollwertigkeit der M3nzen nicht Ibsen konnte *). - - SUBHI LABIB (Hamburg) TRADE CONTACTS BETWEEN WESTERN INDIA AND THE GRAECO- ROMAN WORLD IN THE EARLY CENTURIES OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA An Archaeological Restatement Western Indian ports and towns played a dominant part in promoting trade and commerce with the Graeco-Roman world in the early centuries of the Christian era. Many ports and towns dotted the coastline and the interior, between which developed a wide net-work of road-routes and inland waterways; these towns greatly expanded their commercial and industrial activity from the first century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. The Graeco-Roman world in this context includes the ports and towns along the Mediterranean, Greece and Rome, and the coast of Egypt and Arabia. Many references are found in Puranic and Buddhist Literature regarding the flourishing condition of these areas in the early centuries of the Christian era. The political and cultural unity under the Satavahanas of the Deccan and the Sakas and Kusanas of Western India greatly facilitated the peaceful commercial relations both
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1965
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