The Information Centre of Arikamedu - An ancient port on the eastern sea coast of South India

Satellite image showing the location of Arikamedu, ©Google Earth Arikamedu is a famous archaeological site: it was an ancient port involved in the so-called Indo-Roman trade from the 3rd c. BCE until the 3rd c. CE, with a continuity up to the medieval period. Even if the evidence of trade with Southeast Asia is scarce for the ancient period, it increases considerably during the later period, attesting that Arikamedu was also part of the Asian network. Located on the Indian east coast, 5 kms ..