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Apart from overland trade, river and sea-routes also came to be used extensively. Source materials tell us of Indian merchants undertaking dangerous sea voyages that lasted for as long as six months. Vessels set out for Śrīlaṅkā, Burma and Arabia. Many Indians were also despatched to the Hellenistic countries. Spices precious stones, ivory objects and rare kinds of woods were traded.