Symbols of Trade: Roman and Pseudo-Roman Objects
Found in India
By- S. Suresh
Roman objects such as coins, ceramics, metal and
glass artefacts have been discovered in different parts of the Indian
subcontinent. These objects were brought to this land by ancient traders,
sailors and travellers. Often, ancient Indians produced coins and other objects
closely resembling these foreign objects. Many of these objects have either
been lost or destroyed. Those that have survived are scattered in various
museums and private collections in South Asia and Europe.
This study provides the first-ever systematic,
comprehensive and integrated collation of all these objects. Combining
theoretical insights with empirical data, it investigates the reasons for the
uneven distribution pattern and complex chronology of the varied types of
objects in the different regions of the subcontinent. It also includes an
insightful analysis of the peculiar features such as slash marks and
countermarks seen on some of the Roman coins found in India. The Epilogue sets
these objects in the wider context of the early commerce between China,
South-East Asia, Sri Lanka, India, Africa and Rome.
Written in an attractive narrative style, this volume
will be of immense volume not only to serious scholars but also to all those
interested in ancient Roman and Indian archaeology, numismatics and economic
history.
S. Suresh
is currently an ICHR Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Sudharsanam Centre
for Arts and Culture, Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu). He has been a Consultant at the
Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) and the TVS
Educational Society, Chennai. He was earlier Research Fellow at the Indira
Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi, Victoria and Albert Museum, London and
the French Institute of Pondicherry (India) and Visiting Professor at Sorborne
IV University, Paris (France).
ISBN
978-81-7304-552-3
2004 206p. Rs.525/Pounds 40
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