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This book introduces the maritime activities of India, which date back to the Harappan period, highlighting that India is one of the world's oldest seafaring nations. It summarises archaeological findings, inscriptions, epigraphy, and various written sources that have significantly contributed to reconstructing the sea-oriented history of the Indian subcontinent. This history includes understanding contacts with the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea coast, and Southeast Asian countries from the early historical period onward. Geographers and travellers, including the anonymous author of the 'Periplus of the Erythraean Sea,' Ptolemy, Megasthenes, Hiuen Tsang, Al-Masudi, Marco Polo, and many others, have documented India's maritime connections with overseas countries across the centuries. In the last three decades, scholars from various universities and research organisations have conducted extensive exploration and excavations along India's west and east coasts, uncovering several ports and trade centres. Some of these can be matched with sites mentioned by ancient geographers and travellers, while others have been newly discovered through archaeological research.
Along with the second volume, this book presents the most recent research findings from over fifty experts in the maritime archaeology of India. It serves as a valuable reference for scholars studying the Indian Ocean trade and South Asia from a long-term perspective.
Contents
Chapter 1. Did the Dholavira Harappans participate in the long-distance trade with Mesopotamia? A Look into the Circumstantial Evidence.- Chapter 2. Maritime exchanges between the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia through Oman in the third millennium BCE.- Chapter 3. Charting the deep-sea route of the 3rd Millennium Harappan sea trade with Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf.- Chapter 4. Indicators of Trade Activity at Kanmer, Kachchh, Gujarat.- Chapter 5. Khirsara: The Harappan trading post in Kachchh of Gujarat, West Coast of India.- Chapter 6. Salt Manufacturing in the Harappan Period and Its Use: A Case Study of the Harappan Site of Padri, Bhavnagar District, Gujarat.- Chapter 7. Musical aspects of Harappan maritime trade and Implications in Identification of Meluhhan woods and other trade objects in Mesopotamia.- Chapter 8. Varanasi: the trading centre on the bank of the River Ganges of India (3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE).- Chapter 9. Sravasti: The Riverine Port of Early Historic India.- Chapter 10. Food Trade in the Periplus: the Kamrej - Khor Rori connection between Western India and South Oman in the Arabian Sea Interaction Sphere.- Chapter 11. Torpedo Jars in South Asia: A Brief Survey.- Chapter 12. Ancient Trade in Ganga-Yamuna Valleys and their Ceramic Trails.- Chapter 13. Mode of Transport in Early India as evidenced by toy cart models found in excavations - A Further Study.- Chapter 14. Seafaring and seafarers in pre-colonial India.- Chapter 15. The Nexus of Buddhism with Trade and Traders.- Chapter 16. Coins as a conduit to India's maritime past.- Chapter 17. South Indian Raft Designs indicate the evolution of Boat Designs.
