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Stone anchors (composite type) from the Saurshtra coast, India: An indicator of ancient ports and sea routes
(The Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, 2004)
Marine archaeological investigations on the Saurashtra coast specially at Dwarka, Bet Dwarka, Armada and Somnath brought to light a large number of stone anchors of various type which include composite, grapnel and ring-stone ...
Traditional boat-building and navigational techniques of southern Orissa
(Royal Asiatic Society, Sri Lanka, 1997)
The Ganjam district of southen Orissa is known for its ports (since early historical period to recent times) such as Ganjam, Gopalpur, Palur and Sunapur. Archaeological findings corroborate literary references to its ...
Grapnel stone anchors from Saurashtra: Remnants of Indo-Arab trade on the Indian coast
(The Society for Nautical Research, 2004)
Stone anchors have been used as a primary source of information on ancient navigation by marine archaeologists since long. These anchors used by ancient mariners are often noticed underwater at various places across the ...
Trade routes and communication pattern of ancient Orissa
(Harman Publishing House, New Delhi, India, 1996)
Since the dawn of civilization in India, Indians have shown the interest in trade. The morphological features of India enabled to carryout overseas and land route trade smoothly. The evidences of trade in India is dated ...
Remains of the ancient ports and anchorage points at Miyani and Visawada, on the west coast of India: A study based on underwater investigations
(The Society for Nautical Research, 2007)
The recent underwater explorations on the Saurashtra coast, Gujarat, India between Miyani on the west and Porbandar on the east yielded the existence two ports at Visawada and Miyani. Both sites are situated along the ...
Stone anchors from Sindhudurg Fort on the west coast of India
(Academic Press, 1997)
Inshore explorations have been carried out in the Malvan region of Maharashtra (India). Present article discusses the triangular and grapnel stone anchors found during the explorations at Sindhudurg and Padamgad Forests. ...