Arikamedu
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Arikamedu is an archaeological site in Southern India, in Kakkayanthope, Ariyankuppam Commune, Puducherry. It is from the capital, Pondicherry of the Indian territory of Puducherry.
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It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Indian cities, Archaeological sites in Pondicherry and Ariyankuppam.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Arikamedu
- Ancient site.image
- ChildWithBirdVirampatnamArikamedu1-2Century.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- A statue of a girl with a bird, 2nd Century CE, found at Arikamedu
- Ancient site.map_type
- India Puducherry#India
- Ancient site.location
- Pondicherry, India
- Ancient site.region
- South India
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Puducherry district
- Image
- Arikamedu, Early Historic Site 03.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Location
- Etymology
- History
- Excavations
- Religious idols
- Conservation
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Arikamedu is an archaeological site in Southern India, in Kakkayanthope, Ariyankuppam Commune, Puducherry. It is from the capital, Pondicherry of the Indian territory of Puducherry.
Sir Mortimer Wheeler 1945, and Jean-Marie Casal conducted archaeological excavations there in 1947–1950. The site was identified as the port of Podouke, known as an "emporium" in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea and Ptolemy. Digs have found Amphorae, Arretine ware, Roman lamps, glassware, glass and stone beads, and gems at the site. 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. Subsequent investigation by Vimala Begley from 1989 to 1992 modified this assessment, and now place the period of settlement from the 2nd century BCE to the 8th century CE.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arikamedu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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