The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c7.12

c7.12

With regard to the trade of these times it must be noted that early Chaldæan inscriptions speak of ships of Ur, the capital city; and that from at least the fourteenth century B.C. gold, silks, spices, pearls, etc. . . . had been passing from India to the Assyrian monarchy, carried on both by caravans on land, and by the coasting trade by sea. There was also active trade with China.