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Exploration of steam engine wrecks off Minicoy Island, Laksadsweep, India
(Academic Press, 1998)
The Minicoy Atoll is crescent-shaped with a long, narrow strip extending northwards. The lagoon is, as in all the Lakshadweep Islands, towards the west, having a depth of more than 12 m. The shelf on the eastern side is ...
Historical period stone anchors from Vijaydurg on the west coast of India
(The Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Inc., 1998)
Stone anchors are the primary antiquites in marine archaeological studies. Evidences of their evolution are noticed in India since 2500 B.C. A number of stone anchors have been recovered during the recent marine archaeological ...
Khalkattapatna port: The lost archaeological heritage of Odisha, east coast of India
(Current Science Association, 2015)
The history of Odisha, lying on the east coast of India, is well documented from the Stone Age onwards. The evidences suggest that the ports of Odisha had contacts with the Arabs, Mediterranean countries and South Asia, ...
Petrographic studies on a newly discovered Indo-Arabian stone anchor from the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat: Implications for source area
(Current Science Association, 2012)
Finding of stone anchors in the onshore and offshore regions of India points to maritime contacts with neighbouring countries. This communication reports a new Indo-Arabian type stone anchor recovered from a depth of 53 m ...
Monsoon wind and maritime trade: A case study of historical evidence from Orissa, India
(Indian Academy of Sciences, 2006)
Monsoon plays a predominant role in the daily life of the people of South Asia. The use of monsoon wind in the Indian Ocean for maritime trade was a boon to the sailing ships to reach overseas countries. It is believed ...
Study of Chinese porcelain sherds of Old Goa, India: Indicators of trade contacts
(Journal of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quarternary Studies, 2011)
Chinese ceramics have a long history of evolution and distribution. Chinese ceramics have been discovered from habitations, ports, trade centres and shipwrecks sites which facilitated the precise dating of sites and ...
New evidence of marine archaeology around Mul Dwarka (Kodinar), Gujarat coast, India
(Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, 2009)
Marine archaeological explorations were carried out in and around Mul Dwarka (Kodinar) on the Saurshtra coast. The oldest remains are attributed to the Harappan phase at Kanjetar and Kaj. Both sites are situated close to ...
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 ...
Shipwrecks in the off shore waters of the Indian peninsula-a review
(2019)
Marine archaeological investigations in the Indian waters have made steady progress during the last four decades, spearheaded by the marine archaeology centre of the CSIR-NIO, Dona Paula, Goa. Wooden and steel hulled ...
Stone anchors from Mombasa, Kenya: Evidence of maritime contacts with Indian Ocean countries
(Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, 2015)
For 2000 years or more, the East African Coast has had contacts with other parts of the world and that was possible because an understanding of the monsoon winds and current patterns of the region encouraged the interchange ...