Place · Elamite & Achaemenid capital · Iran
Susa
Also known as Shush, Shushan
Susa in Khuzestan was the capital of the Elamite kingdom from the 4th millennium BCE and the Achaemenid winter capital from Darius I onwards — the apadana palace at Susa was built with lapis from Badakhshan, carnelian from Gujarat and ivory from India, as its building inscription records. Several Indus Valley Civilisation seals have been excavated at Susa, together with Harappan standard weights and etched carnelian beads, dating the India-Iran maritime and overland trade in luxury goods to at least the 23rd-18th centuries BCE. The Elamite texts recovered at Susa are among the earliest written records of trade in Indian cotton, teak, lapis and ivory on the Persian Gulf route.
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Patron dynasty
- Elamite / Achaemenid
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 32.190, 48.258
Connections (1)
- Trade routeMohenjo-daro
IVC seals, standard weights and etched carnelian beads from Mohenjo-daro and other Harappan sites have been excavated at Susa, dating India-Iran maritime and overland trade in luxury goods (teak, cotton, lapis, carnelian, ivory) to at least the 23rd-18th centuries BCE.
Sources
Standard reference.
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