Calliena(87 words)
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India, trade with
According to Peripl. M. Rubr. 52f., an empórion on the west coast of India close to what is now Bombay, Sanskrit Kalyāṇa. C. was established by the elder Saraganes as an important commercial harbour; under Sandanes in the 1st cent. AD it was abandoned in favour of Barygaza. Also attested in Cosmas [2] Indikopleustes as Calliana (11,16; 11,22).
Karttunen, Klaus (Helsinki)
Bibliography
H. P. Ray, Monastery and Guild. Commerce under the Sātavāhanas, 1986.
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Karttunen, Klaus (Helsinki),
“Calliena”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 10 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e606240>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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