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The Kamboja–Dvaravati Route is the name given in old Jataka literature to an ancient land trade route that was an important branch of the Silk Road during antiquity and the early medieval era. It connected the Kamboja Kingdom in today's Afghanistan and Tajikistan via Pakistan to Dvārakā and other major ports in Gujarat, India, permitting goods from Afghanistan and China to be exported by sea to southern India, Sri Lanka, the Middle East and Ancient Greece and Rome. The road was the second most important ancient caravan route linking India with the nations of the northwest.〔''Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names'', Vol I, 1960, G. P. Malalasekera, p 526〕 ==The route== The Kamboja–Dvaravati trade route began at the seaport of Dvaravati. It passed through the Anarta region to Madhyamika, a city near Chittor. South of Aravalli, the road reached the Indus River, where it turned north. At Roruka (modern Rodi), the route split in two: one road turned east and followed the river Sarasvati to Hastinapura and Indraprastha, while the second branch continued north to join the main east-west road (the Uttarapatha Route across northern India from Pataliputra to Bamyan) at Pushkalavati.〔Proceedings and Transactions of the All-India Oriental Conference, 1966, p 122, ''Oriental philology''.〕〔''India, a Nation'', 1983, p 77, Vasudeva Sharana Agrawala.〕〔''Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India'', 1977, pp vii, 94 Dr Moti Chandra.〕〔Trade routes; ''Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh''., 1999, p 537, Shyam Singh Shashi – History).〕〔''B.C. Law Volume'', 1945, p 218, Indian Research Institute, Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar, Indian Research Institute – Dr B. C. Law.〕 From Pushkalavati, the Kamboja-Dvaravati and Uttarapatha routes ran together to Bahlika through Kabul and Bamyan. At Bahlika, the road turned east to pass through the Pamir Mountains and Badakshan, finally connecting with the Silk Road to China.〔〔〔〔''The Puranas'', Vol V, No 2, July 1963; India, a Nation, 1983, p 76, Dr Vasudeva Sharana Agrawala.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dvaravati–Kamboja route」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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