P.J.Cherian reported Parthian/ Sassanian ceramics of West Asia found at Pattanam . However he links it with Nebatians of Bible.. (Muziris Heritage Project-Pattanam Excavations -2008 Published by KCHR Thiruvananthapuram)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. Nabateans were occupants of territory east and southwest of the Dead Sea. They were important in the inter testamental and New Testamental Periods. How are the ethnic communities in Biblical literature related with Pattanam?
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