The report by excavators at Pattanam of Parthian/ Sassanian ceramics of West Asia and its link with Nebatians has to be seen in establishing the St'Thomas myth as history. It was at the court of Parthian ruler Gondophornes that St’Thomas is believed to have arrived and later entered Afghanistan to India according to Roman Catholic tradition. The excavator refers Derek Kennet to substantiate that Parthian/Sasanian ceramic assemblage suggest commercial significance of Pattanam during Roman, Pre-Roman, and Post Roman phase. It has been stated that these ceramics are linked with Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Turkey and Afghanistan, the route through which St'Thomas travelled according to belief of certain Christian denominations. It has also been pointed out by Cherian that the ceramics has close links with Jordan and Nabatean people of Biblical tradition .
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