About the Book: Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology No. 9 (2013)
Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology was launched in 2003 by one of Indias
leading academic institutions, the Centre for Research and Training in History,
Archaeology and Palaeo-environment, New Delhi. The second issue is in the Press.
The Journal is an outcome of the realization on the part of the international
community of archaeologists and historians that India has no journal devoted
exclusively to the archaeology of the Indian Ocean Rim countries, starting from
the Red Sea through the South China Sea, although Indian occupies the central
position in this vast area, with three-fourths of its land