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082			_a623.89225 _bCHA
100			_aChakravarti, Ranabir _992698
245			_aPull towards the coast and other essays : the Indian Ocean history and the subcontinent before 1500 CE
260			_aDelhi _bPrimus Books _c2021
300			_axiv,326p.
505			_aContents Preface ix Acknowledgements xiii 1. Introduction · 1 2. Knowing the Sea: Thalassographies to Thalassology of the Indian Ocean (up to c.1500 cE) 58 3. The Coast vis-a-vis the Subcontinent: Interlocking with Distinctiveness 75 4. Coasts and Interiors of India: Early Modern Indo-Dutch Cross-Cultural Exchanges 93 5. On Board the Hermapollon: Transporting Gangetic Nard from Muziris 116 6. Examining the Hinterland and Foreland of the Port of Muziris in the Wider Perspective of the Subcontinent's Long-Distance Networks 133 7. Vibrant Thalassographies of the Indian Ocean: Beyond Nation-States 165 8. The Pull Towards the Coast: Politics and Polity in India (c.600-1300 CE) 183 9. Looking for a Maritime City: Somanatha in the Thirteenth Century CE 222 10. The Indian Ocean Scenario in the Fourteenth Century Latin Crusade Tract: Possibilities of a . World Historical Approach 246 Appendix 1 267 Appendix Il 277 Bibliography 285 Index 311
890			_aIndia
891			_aFA
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650			_aBuildings--Energy consumption _aMerchant marine _aNavigation