Arikamedu is an archaeological site near Pondicherry, southern India, where Mortimer Wheeler conducted its best-known excavation in the 1940s. According to Wheeler, Arikamedu was an Indian fishing village which had been built up by Roman traders into a major port. It flourished for centuries until the Romans left. Various Roman artifacts, such as a large number of amphorae bearing the mark of Roman potter schools VIBII, CAMURI and ITTA, have been found at the site, supporting the view on an ancient trade between Rome and south India.

References

• R.E. Mortimer Wheeler, My Archaeological Mission to India and Pakistan, Thames and Hudson, London, 1976. ISBN 0500050287

External links

• Excavations at Arikamedu ^*

Archaeological sites in India | History of Pondicherry

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