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

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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 early growth of her shipping and shipbuilding coupled with the genius and energy of her merchants the skill and daring of her seamen the enterprise of her colonists and the zeal of her missionaries secured to India the command of the sea for ages and helped her to attain and long maintain her prcud position 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 cast her connection with the vast mainland of Asia on the north her possession of a sea [...] In the opinion of the late Professor Bahler the far-famed German orientalist "there are passages in ancient Indian works which prove the early existence of a navigation of the Indian Ocean and the somewhat"6 INDIAN SHIPPING later occurrence of trading voyages undertaken by Hindu merchants to the shores of the Persian Gulf and its rivers. [...] In the reign of Aurangzeb the principal sources of our information regarding the maritime activities of the Fcrenghies and of the imperial fleet are the Fathiyyth'i-i-ibriyyah translated by Blochmann and the contemporary Persian Account of Shihab-ud-din Talish in MS. [...] The beauty of the cabin and the simplicity of its design are particularly noticeable; the rocking-scat within is quite an innovation probably meant to be effective against sea-sickness while an equally ingenious idea is that of the rope or chain which hangs from the top and is grasped by the hand by the master of the vessel to steady himself on the rolling waters.
commerce industry
Pages
240
Published in
United States
SARF Document ID
sarf.145559
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xv Radha Mookerji view
Introduction
1-10 Radha Mookerji view
Book I. Hindu Period
11-130 Radha Mookerji view
Book II. Mahomedan Period
131-x Radha Mookerji view
Conclusion
185-190 Radha Mookerji view
Bibliography
191-196 Radha Mookerji view
Index
197-206 Radha Mookerji view

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