INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -1. Indo-Roman trade relationship was carried through caravan routes via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Gold coins were the medium of exchange then. Roman gold coins were excavated in Pudukottai, Tamilnadu that proves the existence of trade transactions between Rome and South India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Excavations at the site have uncovered substantial evidence of a Roman trading settlement including amphorae, lamps, glassware, coins, beads made of stone, glass and gold, and gems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Having started out as a fishing village, Arikamedu soon became a unique bead-making site as it manufactured beads made of both stone and glass. Various textiles, beads, terracotta artifacts and gold and semi precious jewellery were exported to Greco Roman ports and other countries in the East from Arikamedu.

Detailed explanation-4: -Based on these excavations, Wheeler concluded that the Arikamedu was a Greek (Yavana) trading post that traded with Rome, starting during the reign of Augustus Caesar, and lasted about two hundred years-from the late first century BCE to the first and second centuries CE.