This biography of the Brahmaputra, by way of an environmental history of the river, tells the story of the making of the river, its floodplains, and the human lives around it.

Steven Darian writes about human experience and the legendry myths that surrounded the Ganges. The inspiration of poets and artists for centuries, the mysterious Ganga is the essence of the Divine Mother bringing increase and salvation, but also death and destruction.

comprehensive work on all the important issues in the infrastructural sector of port and shipping in India. In the perspective of economic development of the country, the transport sector particularly relating to major, intermediate and minor ports, and inland water transport has been extensively covered. The other related issues like privatisation, maritime law and containerisation have been dealt with.

Radhakumud Mukherjee examines the part played by indigenous Indian Shipping in the expansion of Indian commerce and colonization from the shores of Africa and Madagascar to the farthest reaches of Malaysia and the Eastern Archipelago. These facts of history are accompanied by their political, social and economic interpretation. This is also an unwritten cultural history conceived and executed in a philosophic spiri.

Sanjeev Sanyal chronicles the grand sweep of history from East Africa to Australia, conjuring the great cities of Angkor and Vijayanagar, medieval Arab empires and Chinese 'treasure fleets' in rich, vivid detail. He explores remote archaeological sites, maritime trading networks and half-forgotten oral tales to challenge established historical narratives with fresh evidence.

This book discusses various socio-economic and political processes that evolved over centuries in the vast coastal fringes of India and out of the circuits of the Indian Ocean, ultimately giving these littoral zones the distinctive consciousness and identity of Maritime India.

This volume explores the changing meanings that maritime India acquired during the early modern period owing to the frequent efforts of the Mughals and the Portuguese from two different fronts to control its vast resourceful enclaves and profit-yielding neighbourhoods.

In this carefully researched book on the river Kaveri authors Padma Seshadri and Padma Malini Sudararaghvan take us from the river’s origin in Talakaveri to the site of the ancient port of Poompuhr engaging us with stories from mythology and history and anecdotes from the lives of great people who have shaped the regions along her bank.

Tides of Time, a volume of the history of the Mumbai Port traces the growth and development of the port city from a tiny fishing village to an island city and eventually blossoming into a premier centre of trade and commerce.

A View on the Scientific Development of the Brahmaputra River System for the Benefit of N.E. Region of the Indian Subcontinent is a book on Geographical & Economical aspects of the Brahmaputra River.

Trade, Circulation, and Flow in the Indian Ocean World is a collection which covers a long time span and diverse areas around the ocean. Many of the essays look at the Indian Ocean before Europeans arrived, reminding the reader that there was a cohesive Indian Ocean. This collection includes empirical studies and essays focused on particular area or production. The essays cover various aspects of trade and exchange, the Indian Ocean as a world-system, East African and Chinese connections with the Indian Ocean World, and the movement of people and ideas around the ocean.

From the east coast of Africa to Australia, one big blue body of water has connected diverse peoples and cultures for thousands of years: the incredible Indian Ocean. Read on to learn about the fearless travellers and sailors, pirates and conquerors who set out to cross the ocean in search of gold and glory, and discover how geography can shape the course of history.

Recognising the fundamental role both of shipping communities and the technologies crafted and shared by them, this book explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional consciousness and identity.

This book examines knowledge traditions that held together the fluid and overlapping maritime worlds of the Indian Ocean in the premodern period, as evident in the material and archaeological record.