A. D. 73. 



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Silk fluffs ; 



Moloch inum (fuppofed cotton cloth 



of the colour of mallows) from 



Ozene ; 

 Silk thread, or raw filk ; 



Long pepper; 



Calicoes of inferior quality *, 

 brought in great quantities from 

 Minnagara and Tagara ; 



with many other articles. 



To the fouthward of Barygaza there were Acabarus, Uppara, and 

 Calliena, already mentioned, and alfo Semylla, Mandagora, Patepatma, 

 Melizigara, Byzantium Toparon, and Tyrannoboas, ports only fre- 

 quented by the vefTels of the country. Beyond thefe were fome iflands 

 occupied by pirates, probably the anceftors of thofe by whom the fame 

 part of the coaft is infefted in the prefent day. Then followed Naura 

 and Tyndis, fituated on the Ocean, and Muziris on a river, which were 

 all ports of Limyrica, the kingdom of Ceprobotus, uied by the country 

 traders ; but Muziris only is noted as reforted to by Grecian velTels j 

 and we arc not informed of the particular articles of its trade. 



Pandion was fovereign of the next kingdom, comprehending the 

 fouth point of India, wherein the firft port was Nelkynda, about twelve 

 miles up a river, at the mouth of which was Barakc f , where the vef- 

 fels, whereof there were very great numbers, attraded by the fuperior 

 quality and abundance of the pepper and malabathrum, lay at anchor 

 to receive their cargoes. 



The goods imported by the Grecian traders were 



Chryfolithes ; 



Plain clothing in fmall quantities ; 



Stimmi ; 



Corals ; 



White glafs ; 



Brafs ; 



Tin ; 



Lead; 



Wine in fmall quantities ; 



Sandarak ; 



Arfenic ; 



Confiderable fums of money to 



make up the purchafe of their 



homeward cargoes. 



There were carried thither from the other ports of India 



Pepper of Cottonara ^ in very great 



abundance ; 

 Excellent pearls in great numbers ; 



* Coarfe dungarees, as tranflated by Mr. Wil- 

 ford. \_p. 369.] But, to moft readers out of In- 

 dia, dungarees needs to be tranflated at lead as 

 much as i^iii^ii p^v'SaTm. If we are uncertain of 

 the application of thefe genuine Greek words to 

 Indian manufadlures, we mull be ilil! more at a 

 lofs with fcvcial names of articles in the Periplus, 

 which are apparently Indian words imported with 

 the goods, juft as we now ufe jacanet, cojfae, mid- 

 n;ul, for denominations of Indian fabrics. Thcre- 



Ivory ; 



Silk fluffs ; 



Spikenard from the Ganges ; 



for fome of them, which were apparently ufed only 

 in mercantile language, an;5 arc found nowhere but 

 in the Periplus, may perliaps be improperly tranf- 

 lated, notwithftanding all my endeavours to get at 

 their real meaning. 



f Pliny calls it Becare ; and he fcems alfo to 

 write Necanidon inftead of Nelkynda. 



\ This is the black pepper of Malabar, reck- 

 oned the beft in India. White pepper was alfo 

 imported, a we leaj^n from Phny. [L, xii, c. 7.3 



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