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Barygaza means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: archive.org: The ocean of story (history)Barygaza is the modern Broach in the Gulf of Cambay, the Greek name being from the Prakrit Bharukaccha, a corruption of the Sanskrit Bhṛgukaccha. Barygaza is mentioned in the famous Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (circa a.d. 80). Here we read (36) of two market-towns on the Persian Gulf called Apologus [Obollah of Saracen times], and Ommana [Oman]: “To both of these market-towns large vessels are regularly sent from Barygaza, loaded with copper and sandalwood and timbers of teakwood and logs of blackwood and ebony”.
Source: Knowledge Traditions & Practices of India: Trade: A SurveyBarygaza (Bhṛgukaccha in Sanskrit, modern Bharuch or Broach) is the name of a port city mentioned in the 1st century Periplus Maris Erythraei in connection with overseas trading in ancient India.—Ports thus dotted the Indian coast, and many of them were listed in Greek and Roman texts, such as the Periplus Maris Erythraei or “Voyage around the Erythrean Sea”, an anonymous Greek travelogue of the 1st century CE, ‘Erythrean’ referring to the Arabian Sea together with the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. It named ports such as Barygaza, among many others.
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Full-text: Bharakaccha, Shurparaka, Bhrigukaccha, Pratishthana, Bharukaccha, Bhiruka, Bhirukaccha.
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Roman Egypt to peninsular India (patterns of trade) (by Sunil Gupta)
Ancient settlements of Barygaza/Brgukaccha/Bharuch (Gujarat) < [Chapter 4 - Archaeological review of Indo-Roman trade]
1(a).3. Export of Cotton Textiles from India < [Chapter 3 - Commodities of Trade and Determinants of Exchange]
4.1.2. Reconstruction of Sailing Conditions as Described in the Periplus < [Chapter 4 - Archaeological review of Indo-Roman trade]
Maritime Tradition of Andhra < [April – June, 1982]
Ancient South Indian Commerce < [October 1939]
The Sculptures of Madan-Kamdev (Study) (by Kamal Nayan Patowary)
Part 3 - Madan-Kamdev and its Construction < [Chapter 2 - Madan-Kamdev through the ages—A hypothetical analysis]
The Structural Temples of Gujarat (by Kantilal F. Sompura)
2. The period of the Indo-greek rule (c. 185 B.C. – 78 A.D.) < [Chapter 3 - Temples of pre-Caulukyan times]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 6 - Urban centres in South Bihar (c): Pāṭaliputra Circle < [Chapter I - The Case Study of Rājagṛha]