Proceedings of the National Conference on Project Mausam Jaladhipurayatra: Exploring Cross-Cultural Linkages along the Indian Ocean Rim Countries
Contents: Foreword. 1. Introduction/Janhwij Sharma. 2. Mausam: Moving towards a thematic framework and nomination strategy/Shikha Jain and Somya Johri. Ports Navigation and Shipping Technology. 3. Mausam: A meteorological understanding/D.R. Pattanaik. 4. Early trade routes from Africa to South East Asia: evidences of Roman coin finds in Asia/S. Suresh. Maritime Archaeology: Earliest Commercial Interactions. 5. Maritime trade and Harappan Civilization: probable genesis and emerging perspectives/V.N. Prabhakar. 6. Recent archaeological finds at Gangaikondacholapuram and other sites in Tamil Nadu: their bearing on South India-South East Asia links/S. Vasanthi. Economic Trade along the Indian Ocean Rim. 7. Early Buddhism and Trade in Maritime Asia: South East India and South East Asia/Sunil Kumar Patnaik. 8. Transregional trajectories: shaping of the interlocking trading networks across the Indian Ocean Rim/Chhaya Goswami. 9. Ports of Gujarat at the Confluence of diverse networks/Susan Mishra. 10. Ancient seaports of Tamil Nadu and their maritime trade network/D. Dayalan. Cultural contacts: exchanges/interchange across the Indian Ocean Region. 11. Unveiling the Tapestry of India-ASEAN Cultural Legacy: Embracing Shared Ethos and addressing common challenges/Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy. 12. Seafaring and the Port City: Recent archaeological investigations at Ancient Bhrigukaccha (Roman Barygaza) in Western India/Madhulika Samanta. 13. Elements of continuity: The ‘Dark Age’ and the Indian Food Trade with the Western Indian Ocean (2000 BCE.-400 CE)/Sunil Gupta. 14. Naval expeditions and diplomatic activities of the Cholas in the Asia-Pacific and the Indian Ocean Regions/V. Selvakumar. Intangible Cultural Heritage Links and Exchanges across the Indian Ocean. 15. Forgotten Indian Heritage of Persian Gulf Coastline: A Survey of Lesser Known evidences from Southern Iran/Abhay Kumar Singh. 16. Navigating faith: A study of gendered practices across time and space/Garima Kaushik. Defining Attributes for World Heritage Transnational Nomination and Identification of Sites across the Indian Ocean. 17. India’s approach towards the World Heritage Convention and Introduction to Project Mausam/Janhwij Sharma and Kanchan Lata Rai. 18. Baharat (India) and World Heritage/Madan Singh Chouhan, Gajanan Katade and Abhey Kumar. 19. Project Mausam and the Cultural Conventions of UNESCO/Ritika Khanna. 20. A Report on the Interactive Session with the Ambassadors on 08.10.202, as a sequel to the Jaladhipurayatra Conference. Select bibliography. Index.
