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Write about India's position during classical position.
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- The Kushan period corresponded with the last days of the Roman Republic, when Julius Caesar was alive.
- The Kushan Empire is said to have sent an embassy to Augustus Caesar who succeeded Julius.
- The corresponding period 4th and 5th A.D. (C.E.) in south India, characterized as Kalabhra period.
- Teakwood, pepper, pearls, ivory, brocades and precious stones and the like were exported from the Malabar Coast to Babylonia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. Trade with Rome further flourished.
- Eighteen major works of Sangam age Viz eight Anthologies (Ettuthogai) and Ten Idylls (Pathupattu) compiled during the first three centuries of common Era were composed during this period. Sangam Literature hailed as first secular literature of India.
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