Maritime history is the foundation for maritime strategy. Man has been deeply
involved with the sea, since antiquity. This book is a step towards writing a
definitive maritime history of India. The book contains well-researched articles
contributed by the expert nautical archaeologists, maritime historians and
navigators. The papers deal with ancient ships and shipping, maritime trade and
contacts of Harappans with the Mesopotamians, later Indian trading and power
systems, Indian ports in international trade, pottery and ceramics to study the
movement of goods, relative technologies of the western and Indian seafarers,
vital aspects in the fields of shipbuilding, sailing outfits, cannon making,
navigation and producing the national infrastructure