An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s17.14

v1.c21.s17.14

Though no material evidence of sea vessels is available, ceramics, terracottas, coins, bullae, etc., have been obtained from many sites of c. w. and s. India and the n. Deccan indicating the flourishing maritime trade between the w. and the e. sea-board and the Graeco-Roman world in the early centuries of the Christian era. [A toy boat made of a scooped-out log of wood was found at ARIKAMEDU.]