India and The Eastern Seas
Contents: Contributors. Introduction. 1. Ancient ports of Bengal and Orissa/K.S. Behera. 2. Ancient ports of Andhra Desa/K.P. Rao. 3. Ancient ports in Tamil Nadu/P. Shanmugam. 4. Maritime activities of the Pallavas/P. Shanmugam. 5. Maritime history of early South Asia : crossing borders, creating links/Himanshu Prabha Ray. 6. The French maritime Activities in the Bay of Bengal in Seventeenth and eighteenth century/Philippe Haudrere. 7. The Dutch East India Company\'s Intra-Asian Trade in the Seventeenth Century/Om Prakash. 8. A preliminary analysis of shipwreck data concerning Portugal and India based on written and archaeological sources/Francisco Alves, Maria Blot, Pedro Caleja, Patricia Carvalho, Rui Henriques and Paulo Rodrigues. 9. Joint IN-ASI Exploration Off Mahabalipuram/Brian Thomas. 10. Offshore and Onshore Excavation at Mahabalipuram - 2005/Alok Tripathi. 11. Underwater archaeological studies off Tamil Nadu Coast/N. Athiyaman. 12. Archaeology under Sri Lankan Waters: a comprehensive Survey/Somasiri Devendra. 13. Redefining the role of Marine Archaeology in Sri Lanka : problems, prospects and paradigm shift/Sudharshan Seneviratne. 14. Ruins on the ocean floor: salvaging the Kaiyo Maru/Araki Sinshuke. 15. Development of Maritime Archaeology in Malaysia/Mohd. Sherman Bin Sauffi. 16. Role of UNESCO in developing a strategy to protect the underwater cultural heritage/Richard Engelhardt. 17. From the Pacific to Madagascar : 2000 years ago/Paul L. Adam. 18. The origins and development of the India-Cambodia Maritime Connection/I.W. Mabbett. 19. Maritime links between Malaysia and India/Mohd. Sherman Bin Sauffi. 20. Contacts between India and Srivijaya: the shipwreck evidence/Michael Flecker. 21. The Borobudur Ship reconstruction and voyage/Philip Beale. 22. Computation of boat lines: Punic and Nydam/Paul L. Adam.
"This book, containing papers presented in the International Seminar on Marine Archaeology, provides valuable information about maritime activities on the East Coast of India and in the Eastern Seas. Papers contributed by eminent scholar contain recent information on archaeological finds on the coasts of Bengal, Orissa, Andhra and Tamil Nadu. It also contains research papers about the recent advances made in other countries of the Eastern Seas. Extensive explorations on the coast and offshore and onshore excavations at Mahabalipuram in the Bay of Bengal have generated data of scientific and cultural value for the scientific study of shoreline changes and their effect on the coastal monuments. Data and extensive bibliography on Portuguese Shipwrecks in Indian waters; French Maritime activities in the Bay of Bengal; underwater activities in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Cambodia and Japan; reconstruction of ancient Borobudur Ship and her voyage, as experimental archaeology and computation of ancient ships makes this volume more useful for all those interested in diverse aspects of underwater archaeology and maritime heritage.
Profusely illustrated with photographs, including underwater and aerial photographs, line drawings and maps this book embodies the latest researches in Marine Archaeology in India and in the Eastern Seas and will fascinate not only the scholars and serious students but also the common readers." (jacket)
