Himanshu Prabha Ray looks at the maritime orientation of communities of the Indian subcontinent prior to European expansion. She uses archaeological data to reveal the connections between the early history of peninsular South Asia and its Asian and Mediterranean partners in the Indian Ocean region. Differing from traditional works on the subject, the book discusses maritime history in the broader sense of ancient seafaring activity, religious travel and political economy rather than focusing specifically on maritime trade and shipping.
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"Finally, maritime historians will rejoice that we now have our first sea-focussed discussion of the early history of South Asia." International Journal of Maritime History
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In this new archaeological study, Himanshu Prabha Ray looks at the maritime orientation of communities of the Indian subcontinent prior to European expansion. She uses archaeological data to reveal the connections between the early history of peninsular South Asia and its Asian and Mediterranean partners in the Indian Ocean region. The book differs from traditional works on the subject, discussing maritime history in its broader sense of seafaring activity, religious travel and political economy in this ancient period, rather than focussing specifically on maritime trade and shipping.
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The Indian coastline, extending for nearly 7,000 kilometres, is shared by eight of the country's largest states from Gujarat in the west to Bengal in the east. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
specialised villages, boat nomads, inscribed shards, relic caskets, early polities, sewn boats, rouletted ware, sailing communities, red polished ware, seafaring activity, coastal centres, maritime landscape, maritime network, victory camp, pillar inscription, maritime contacts, megalithic period, iron artefacts, sea nomads, jar burials, pearl banks, carnelian beads, maritime orientation, inland centres, memorial pillars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Persian Gulf, Epigraphia Indica, Red Sea, Iron Age, Common Era, South Asia, Historia Naturalis, Roman Empire, Tamil Nadu, Periplus Maris Erythraei, Bay of Bengal, Buddhist Sangha, Bodh Gaya, Arabian Sea, Andhra Pradesh, Bronze Age, Chaw Lay, Vinaya Pitaka, Dong Son, Saudi Arabia, Concordance Catalogue, Details Material Size Museum New!
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The Indian coastline, extending for nearly 7,000 kilometres, is shared by eight of the country's largest states from Gujarat in the west to Bengal in the east. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
specialised villages, boat nomads, inscribed shards, relic caskets, early polities, sewn boats, rouletted ware, sailing communities, red polished ware, seafaring activity, coastal centres, maritime landscape, maritime network, victory camp, pillar inscription, maritime contacts, megalithic period, iron artefacts, sea nomads, jar burials, pearl banks, carnelian beads, maritime orientation, inland centres, memorial pillars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Persian Gulf, Epigraphia Indica, Red Sea, Iron Age, Common Era, South Asia, Historia Naturalis, Roman Empire, Tamil Nadu, Periplus Maris Erythraei, Bay of Bengal, Buddhist Sangha, Bodh Gaya, Arabian Sea, Andhra Pradesh, Bronze Age, Chaw Lay, Vinaya Pitaka, Dong Son, Saudi Arabia, Concordance Catalogue, Details Material Size Museum New!
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- The Indian Ocean (Seas in History) by Michael N. Pearson on 4 pages
- Rome and India: The Ancient Sea Trade (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) by Vimala Begley in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Kingship in Indian History by Noboru Karashima in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Southeast Asia: Documents of Political Development and Change by Roger M. Smith in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Harappan Civilization by Gregory L. Possehl in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Archaeology of Asia (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology) by Miriam T. Stark on 4 pages
- The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformations in North-East Africa, c.10,000 to 2,650 BC (Cambridge World Archaeology) by David Wengrow in Front Matter
- The Archaeology of Micronesia (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Paul Rainbird in Front Matter
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