Prof. Noboru Karashima declines to give clean chit to Pattanam archaeological assemblage

Historian Noboru Karashima who  visited KCHR, declined to comment on the ceramics shown by P.J.Cherian He  commented on the vast arena of Indo-chinese sea trade but hardly remarked on  supposed Meditterranean assemblage shown by Pattanam excavators. He told that he can give his comments after the photos are shown to his experts  in Japan.But even after a long period Prof. Karashima has not yet given a clean chit to P.J.Cherian  and his colleagues.Prof. Karashima is keeping mum since he does not want to publicly  put  black mark on Cherian