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Barbarikon
Barbarikon was an ancient seaport in the Indus delta, near modern Karachi in Pakistan. The 1st-century Periplus of the Erythraean Sea describes it as the port of the Indus region, exporting costus, bdellium, lapis lazuli, turquoise, indigo and Chinese furs and silk, and importing fine textiles, coral, glass, silver plate and wine. Its exact site has not been identified.
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