Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s2.t6.7

v1.c5.s2.t6.7

The pepper trade between ancient India and China was mainly documented in Chinese literature, especially in those works of literature about the traffic between China and foreign countries as well as literature about the southern regions. In the Siming (now Ningbo) port of the Southern Song Dynasty, the pepper imported from South Asia was considered as one of the most valuable goods.