Asbestos textiles from Batujaya (West Java, Indonesia): Further evidence for early long-distance interaction between the Roman Orient, Southern Asia and island Southeast Asia

Cameron, Judith; Indrajaya, Agustijanto; Manguin, Pierre-Yves

doi:10.3406/befeo.2015.6212

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“…78 Cameron (2000). A recent find in Java is discussed in Cameron et al (2015). 79 Büttner (2004: 24-29).…”

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Asbestos and Salamander in India

Szántó

2020

Indo-Iran. J.

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The present paper, an homage to B. Laufer’s “Asbestos and Salamander” (1915), adds South Asia to the story of a remarkable Eurasian cultural meme meant to explain the presence of fire-proof cloth after its manufacturing technology was forgotten, namely that asbestos was the fur of a mythical animal. I argue that none of our Sanskrit dictionaries contain the correct meaning of the term agniśauca, which does indeed mean asbestos. The widely shared motif explains why in Sanskrit literature too we have animals (a nondescript mṛga) by the same name. I examine textual passages from kāvya, purāṇas, as well as Buddhist sūtras and śāstras, to elucidate this topic. I also cite some evidence that in the period between the 9th and the 11th c. some areas of India still possessed knowledge of asbestos manufacturing. However, as for where and when the correlation was first made, I must leave the question open.

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“…78 Cameron (2000). A recent find in Java is discussed in Cameron et al (2015). 79 Büttner (2004: 24-29).…”

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Asbestos and Salamander in India

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“…For example: Ardika et al 1993; Manguin -Indrajaya 2006;Manguin -Indrajaya 2011;Cameron et al 2015. 70 Borell 2008 …”

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‘All that glitters is not Roman’ - Roman coins discovered in East Java, Indonesia

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Studying extra regional trade networks in Antiquity can be considered a relatively popular field of research, but the intensity and patterns of such complex system still leave lot of questions, particularly in the case of Rome’s Far Eastern trade. There is still a trend to visualize a kind of globalized commercial activity between the Imperium and communities on the eastern edge of the Silk Road(s). However, the facts provide us a more comprehensive picture. Due to the meticulous work of international joint research projects working in East and Southeast Asia followed by a raised interest in collecting ancient objects among local people, an increasing number of Roman objects have been discovered in the region. These finds prove the significance of mediator cultures in transferring Roman artifacts beyond India – with their own imprints on forming evaluation/acceptance of these non-local goods by the receiving culture.

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The Worlds of the Indian Ocean

Beaujard

2019

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The monsoon unfailingly regulated sea-voyages in either direction in the Far East and the warm seas, thus precipitating or interrupting international encounters between merchants. (Braudel 1982, II: 126) The Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean covers approximately 75 million square kilometers. It is bordered to the west by the African coast and Arabia, to the east by the Thai-Malay peninsula, the Indonesian coasts, andfurther southwestern Australia. The Asian continent runs along its northern border, with India forming a wide peninsula that divides the northern Indian Ocean into eastern and western parts (the Bay of Bengal and the Sea of India, respectively).

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Asbestos textiles from Batujaya (West Java, Indonesia): Further evidence for early long-distance interaction between the Roman Orient, Southern Asia and island Southeast Asia

Cited by 30 publications

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Asbestos and Salamander in India

Asbestos and Salamander in India

‘All that glitters is not Roman’ - Roman coins discovered in East Java, Indonesia

The Worlds of the Indian Ocean

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