In India, there is abundant physical evidence of trade in the form of Mediterranean
amphorae and Italic Arretine ware on the South Indian coast, of Roman gold-coin
hoards throughout South India, and of numerous classical intaglios and seals throughout
southern India and Sri Lanka. There is also Mediterranean lead in the Satavahana coinage
of Central and Eastern Deccan. In the Mediterranean, although Asian imports have
largely died (slaves and elephants) or decayed beyond recognition (silks and cotton, wood
and lacquer), there exists a remarkable reminder of this trade in the form of the exquisite
Indian ivory figurine buried under the ash of Pompeii.