Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c24.s2.t2.7
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c24.s2.t2.7
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As regards the remaining items of import into India, we may mention amber which was probably brought from the Baltic, across south Russia through the Scythian tribes. Emeralds of Egypt had to compete with Bactrian emerald and Indian beryl, and therefore entered the field as late as the second century AD. The only gem-stone recorded by the *Periplus* as an export to India is the chrysolite, sent from Ethiopia and the Red Sea to Barbaricon, Barygaza, Muziris and Nelcynda.