Barbarikon port during Kushan empire, c. 150

Barbarikon was the name of a sea port near the modern-day city of Karachi, Pakistan, important in the Hellenistic era in Indian Ocean trade. It is mentioned briefly in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. Kushan Map Boundary of the Kushan empire at its greatest extent, ca. ... Kushan Map Boundary of the Kushan empire at its greatest extent, ca. ... For other uses, see number 150. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... It has been suggested that Karachi District be merged into this article or section. ... The term Hellenistic (established by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen) in the history of the ancient world is used to refer to the shift from a culture dominated by ethnic Greeks, however scattered geographically, to a culture dominated by Greek-speakers of whatever ethnicity, and from the political dominance... The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (Periplus Maris Erythraei ) is a Greek periplus, describing navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports like Berenice along the coast of the Red Sea, and others along East Africa and India. ...

It is also a Greek version of the term Barbaricum, designating areas outside civilization and/or the Roman Empire. For other senses of this name, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ...