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The Seleucid Kingdom and India were connected not only by an overland trade route but also by a new maritime trade route from the Persian Gulf to the west coast of India, including the mouth of the Indus River.
The maritime route was also connected to the overland route on the west coast of the Ara- bian Peninsula, which ships reached by rounding Aden and sailing north through the Red Sea.
After receiving the freight from these ships, caravans would follow the overland route to Gaza, which
Part of the cargo would be transported by sea to Alexandria, capital of the Ptolemaic King- dom, while another part would be moved overland to the interior of Egypt.
On this trade route that combined maritime and overland sections, Indian
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