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Indian Shipping. A History of the Sea-Borne Trade and Maritime Activity of the Indians From the Earliest Times

1912

the teeming ports and harbours of India the harbour and other maritime regulations of the Mauryan epoch the indigenous shipbuilding craft; the Indian classification of vessels and their build the paramount part played by indigenous Indian shipping in the expansion of Indian commerce and colonization from the shores of Africa and Madgascar to the farthest reaches of Malaysia and the Eastern [...] Meanwhile there continued to beat upon Indian shores successive waves of foreign influence such as the Iranian influence flowing from the frst veritable empire of the ancient Oriunt the empire of the Achaemeni&es which uncle Darius included within itself the whole of Sindh and a considerable portion of the Punjab east of the Indus forming his twentieth satrapy and yielding the enormous tribut [...] She cultivaiêt1 trade relations not only with the countries of Asia but also with the whole of the then known world including the countries under the dominion of the Roman Empire and both the East and the West became the theatre of Indian commercial activity and gave scope tQ. [...] The early growth of her.shipping and shibuilding coupled with the genius and energy of ljer nierchants the skill and daring of her seamen the enterprise of her colonists and the 4eal of her misionaries secured to India the command of the sea for ages and helped her to attain and long maintain her proudiposition as the mistress of the Eastern seas. [...] There was no lack of energy on the part of Indians of old in utilizing to the full the opportunities presented by nature for the development of Indian_ maritime activity—the fine geographical position of India in the heart of the Orient with Africa on the 'west and the Eastern Archipelago and Australia on the east her connection with the vast mainlar.
commerce industry
Pages
331
Published in
United States
SARF Document ID
sarf.142633
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xxvii Radhakumud Mookerji view
Introduction
1-16 unknown view
Book I. Hindu Period
17-182 unknown view
Book II .Mahomedan Period
183-256 unknown view
Index
257-284 unknown view

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