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Marine archaeological explorations on the southwestern coast of Saurashtra, India
(CRTHAP, 2006)
Marine archaeological investigations brought to light a large number of antiquities suggesting active maritime practices along the Saurashtra coast, Gujarat, India dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Recent ...
A submerged temple complex off Pindara, on the northwestern coast of Saurashtra
(Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, 2007)
Pindara has been an important religious centre since the early historical period as it has been recorded in several ancient texts. An onshore exploration on the northwestern coast of Saurashtra brought to light the remains ...
Stone anchors from Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep, India
(The Nautical Archaeology Society, 2009)
Lakshadweep Islands lie on the sea route between South Asia, Far East and African countries. Being on the trade route, boats and ships used the islands of Lakshadweep as a stopover to take on fresh water. Lakshadweep Islands ...
Ringstone anchors from Gujarat, west coast of India
(The Society for Nautical Research, 2002)
The Gujarat coast, India has played a vital role in the maritime activities of India from the beginning of the Indus civilization in the Indian subcontinent and has witnessed hectic maritime activity since then. Offshore ...
Stone anchors from Bet Dwarka Island, Gujarat, Coast, India: Significance to historical period maritime activities
(Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology, 2002)
Bet Dwarka Island is situated on the extreme west of Indian territory in Jamnagar district of Gujarat. Underwater, the most preserved remains of ancient maritime activity could be the stone anchors of different types, as ...
Marine archaeological investigations along the Saurashtra coast, west coast of India
(Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 2005)
Utilization of the ocean resources on the Saurashtra coast is dating back to the Harappan period (3rd millennium BC) and evidences on the same have been recorded from various archaeological sites such as Lothal, Padri, ...
Coastal structural remains on the east coast of India: Evidence of maritime activities and their significance
(Sharada Publishing House, 2009)
Archaeological evidence and literary sources mention that India had several ports and trade centres dating back to the Harappan period onwards. Archaeological explorations and excavations have brought to light a number of ...
History of marine archaeological research in India
(Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Govt. of Karnataka, India, 2004)
Marine archaeology is also known as maritime, underwater and nautical archaeology. Each terminology has specific meaning and purpose in which water plays a dominant role. In India it is known as marine archaeology. In ...
Evidence for Indo-Roman trade from Bet Dwarka waters, west coast of India
(Blackwell Publishing, 2006)
India had a very active maritime trade contact with the Roman world between the 4th century BC and the 4th century AD. In this context recent finds of stone anchors, potsherds, lead anchors and a lead ingot from 5 to 8 m ...
Exploration of an ancient port: Elephanta Island (Bombay)
(Kala Prakashan, Delhi, 2001)
The Elephanta, locally known as Gharapuri comprises of three villages namely Rajbandar, Morabandar and Shetbandar which served as separate ports in different period of history. Rajbandar port was active during Christian ...