Synopsis
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
