The archaeology of seafaring in ancient South Asia / Himanshu Prabha Ray.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge world archaeologyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: xiii, 335 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780521804554 (hbk)
- 9780521011099 (pbk.)
- 382.09547 22 RAY
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1. Historiography and the maritime landscape 2. Fishing and sailing communities: cross-cultural contacts 3. La longue durée : transportation, boat-building technology and navigation 4. Maritime trade networks: the beginnings (third to second millennia BCE) 5. Regional integration (late second to early first millennia BCE) 6. Consolidation of the political structure
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
Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-327) and index.
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