 Huntingford further notes that Roman pottery was found at Arikamedu in 1937.In addition, archaeological excavations between 1944 and 1949 showed that it was "a trading station to which goods of Roman manufacture were imported during the first half of the 1st century AD".At the beginning of the 4th century AD, the Puducherry area was part of the Pallava Kingdom of Kanchipuram.