A multi-proxy study was carried out to address climate–culture relationship from two
trenches one each from Kaj and Kanjetar (mid-Saurashtra coast) deposited in a lacustrine …

Investigations in 2010 by an international team of maritime archaeologists yielded a
concentration of artefacts identified here by the authors as the remains of a shipwreck off the …

Excavations carried out at Mleiha (Mulayha)(Sharjah) from 1986 to 2000 have provided a
chronological and cultural frame for the study of the late pre-Islamic period (PIR) in the …

The city of Sumhuram (300 BC–AD 500) is the most important pre‐Islamic settlement in
Dhofar, southern Oman. Since the time of its discovery it was evident that its commercial …

Excavations in south and south-east Arabia are progressively revealing the participation of
the region in the network of international trade and exchange across the Indian Ocean in the …

India is one of the oldest maritime nations in the world, and the overseas contacts date back
to the third millennium BCE. Besides several archaeological vestiges, numerous stone …

Since prehistoric times, people have used some kind of watercraft to cross rivers, seas and
oceans, reaching far-off places-and they most likely used stones as anchors. After several …

The maritime history of India can be traced back to the Harappan Civilization. Studies
suggest that even at that time, monsoon winds and currents assisted in navigation. Recent …

The origin and development of first urbanization in Gujarat, ie the Harappan Civilization, has
been dealt with in great detail, but it has not been done so in the case of second …

India has played a major role in Indian Ocean trade and the development of shipbuilding
technology. The study of the maritime history of India commenced in the first decade of the …