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The beginning of the Christian era is full of political turmoil and confusion in Indian history. The various nomadic tribes, such as the Bactrian Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and the great Kuṣāṇas had crossed the Indian borders and established their kingdoms in whole of the north-western regions of the country. This provided a further opportunity for the west and central Asian cultural norms and traditions to penetrate into Indian soil. Again, the opening of sea-routes led to the development of Indian foreign trade with the Roman empire as its chief customer.