Maritime Heritage Of India

This photo-essay book is a modest attempt to link our maritime past, along with the entire progress, to the present, and in light of the same, to relate the future of the nation to a distinct maritime orientation with the Indian Navy as the lead national maritime agency. It traces about 7,500 years of India's maritime history and heritage. There are eight chapters, each dwelling on different aspects of maritime heritage namely, trade and commerce, evolution of cultures, influence of architecture, forts and lighthouses, naval battles and the evolution of the Indian navy. With images and artwork, this book will give the reader a vivid insight into our country's rich maritime past..

An interesting and authentic historical survey of India's maritime activities and achievements from the earliest times to the present day have been detailed in this book. The author Rear Admiral K. Sridharan (Retd.) had the distinction of serving in the Indian Navy for 33 years. He received Ati Visisht Seva Medal for his zeal, devotion to duty and initiative displayed in the betterment of the logistics of the Indian Navy..

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The Book Begins With A General Picture Of How Man Set Out To Sea And Then It Deals With The Evolution Of Raft And Boat-Building. It Describes Indias Maritime Heritage From The Earliest Days Upto The 16Th Century. The Book Then Points Out How The Monopoly Of The Arab Middlemen In The Sea Trade Was Broken By The Entry Of The European Powers, Followed By Local Wars At Sea. While Tracing The Sea Battles Of The European Powers In The East, The Reasons For Rise And Fall Of The Portuguese, The Dutch And The French Have Been Discussed. How The British Achieved Supremacy In The Indian Ocean Has Been Highlighted. The Progress Of Indias Shipping And Shipbuilding, The Comparative Position Of Maritime States, The Impediments In Competing With Developed Nations, And Measures To Overcome These Handicaps Have Been Discussed. The Abundant Resources Of The Oceans Around Us, The Indian Achievement So Far In The Utilisation Of The Bonanza And The Shortcomings In This Endeavour Have Been Analysed. The Extent Of The Exclusive Economic Zone (Fez) And Indias Rights And Responsibilities As Per International Law Of The Sea, Have Been Brought Out.The Role Of The Indian Navy Since Independence, Its Progress From A Coastal Force To A High Seas Fleet In The Missile Age, Its Achievements And Drawbacks Have Been Examined. The Indian Navys Role In Liberation Of The Portuguese Possessions, The 1965 Pakistan Conflict And The 1971 Pakistan War And The Lessons Learnt In These Operations Have Been Analysed.The Birth, Progress And Role Of The Coast Guard Service Have Been Succinctly Brought Out. The Book Concludes By Highlighting The Importance Of The Sea Around Us, And How The Indian Ocean Rim Countries Can Co-Operate In Making The Indian Ocean A Zone Of Peace For The Benefit Of Mankind At Large..

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This book presents a comprehensive history of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN). It traces the origins of the RIN to the East India Company, as early as 1612, and untangles the institution’s complex history. Capturing various transitional phases of the RIN, especially during the crucial period of 1920–1950, it concludes with the final transfer of the RIN from under the British Raj to independent India. Drawn from a host of primary sources—personal diaries and logs, official reports and documents—the author presents a previously unexplored history of colonial and imperial defence policy, and the contribution of the RIN during the World Wars. This book explores several aspects in RIN’s history such as its involvement in the First World War; its status in policies of the British Raj; the martial race theory in the RIN; and the development of the RIN from a non-combat force to a full-fledged combat defence force during the Second World War. It also studies the hitherto unexplored causes, nature and impact of the 1946 RIN Revolt on the eve of India’s independence from a fresh perspective. An important intervention in the study of military and defence history, this will be an essential read for students, researchers, defence personnel, military academy cadets, as well as general readers..

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India, especially coastal India, has a long history of shipbuilding and navigation dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Indian shipwrights and the labour force associated with various aspects of shipbuilding excelled in naval architecture. Their native wisdom was adopted by the Europeans engaged in shipbuilding in coastal India. Similarly some of the techniques of navigation followed by Indians were emulated by the European mariners. A comprehensive peep into the science of naval architecture and navigation is attempted in this work making a comparative study of Indian and Portuguese architecture and navigation. The volume discusses the importance of the timber grown in the monsoon-fed forests of the Malabar coast and its appreciation by the Portuguese shipwrights and theoreticians of naval architecture. The work shows that increase of the tonnage of ocean-going vessels and the appearance of hostile mariners from other quarters of Western Europe compelled the Portuguese to adopt enhanced technology in naval architecture and navigation. The fact that the use of canons for defence against intruders made the Portuguese vessels stronger than the Indian ships which, for centuries, were accustomed to considerably peaceful navigation is also brought out in this much anticipated volume..

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The texts in this book examine the processes that are currently transforming maritime features into cultural heritage. More than the state of maritime culture per se, the book focuses on the way in which this heritage is being constructed and used today. The authors set out their respective approaches, based on ethnographic and historical case studies from all over the Iberian Peninsula (Catalonia, Galicia, Andalusia, and the Basque Country), and from Yucatan (Mexico) and Brittany (France). The aim of presenting these different outlooks on maritime culture as heritage is to help bring together the theory and the practice of maritime heritage.\n\n.

This omnibus of three classic studies provides a basic grounding for scholars of India's maritime history. In an introduction written especially for this edition Sanjay Subrahmanyam locates these classics in the extant literature in the area. He argues that these works, the older being a quarter of a century old, are still insightful to new entrants into the field of maritime history..

Contents: 1. Source Material For Indigenous Navigation Technology, 2. Basic Navigation Parameters In Indian Traditions, 3. Astral Navigation-Steering By The Stars, 4. The Ra-P-Palagai Sastram, 5. Sun Observations In The Indian Seas, 6. Stellar Location Fix, 7. The Problem Of Longitude Convergence, 8. Traditional Sea And Sky Wisdom, 9. India Sea-Voyages, 10. Native Indian Sea-Charts, 11. Beliefs, Faiths And Superstitions Of The Seamen..

This volume seeks to critically review the contemporary state of maritime historiography, as it stands at the volume's publication date of 1995. The volume is comprised of thirteen essays, each focused on the recent research into the maritime concerns of a particular geographical location, listed as follows: Australia; Canada; China; Denmark; Germany; Greece; Ibero-America; India; the Netherlands; the Ottoman Empire; Spain; the United States; and a final chapter concerning historians and maritime labour in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. One concern made evident by the collection is the lack of stable identity and cohesive aims within maritime history, the subject holds many conflicting definitions and concepts. The purpose of this volume is to explore the recent developments in maritime history, plus the growth of scholarly interest, to provide a 'beacon and stimulus for future work' and to clearly direct and define maritime historiography toward a solid position in the field of history..