Empires of the Sea
21 February 2024Synopsis
An enthralling journey through 2,000 years of India’s steadfast relations with the seas.
The Indian Ocean world’s significance in human history is impossible to dismiss. The 1,000-odd kilometres of the subcontinent’s coastline – which underpinned some of the world’s greatest empires and shaped countless human lives – therefore make for the perfect dock from which to embark on a journey through...
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21 February 2024
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'Combining scholarly rigour with a storyteller’s flair, Empires of the Sea presents India afresh as a nation of pluralities made possible by its long-standing maritime relations with the world at large.'
Deccan Herald
‘This is an excellent, jargon-free introduction to a field now dense with new scholarship and research’ – T. C. A. Raghavan, Telegraph
