Indian Ocean in the Shaping of Late Medieval India

The study looks into the way the Indian Ocean circuits shaped the nature and contours of late Medieval India. The frequent movement of people, commodities and ideas through the Oceanic space particularly after 1500 brought in variegated forms of changes that helped to integrate the far flung and sca...

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Published in:Studies in history (Sahibabad) 2014-08, Vol.30 (2), p.125-149
Main Author: Malekandathil, Pius
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Economic history
India
Indian Ocean
International migration
International trade
Maritime history
Medieval history
Seafaring
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Summary:The study looks into the way the Indian Ocean circuits shaped the nature and contours of late Medieval India. The frequent movement of people, commodities and ideas through the Oceanic space particularly after 1500 brought in variegated forms of changes that helped to integrate the far flung and scattered production centres of the hinterland with the various exchange centres of the coastal rim in an intense way. The frequent circulation of goods and wealth of different forms through the maritime exchange centres of India emitted certain type of forces and dynamics that helped to break the relative isolation of the hinterland processes from coastal economy and bridge as well as integrate the vast bulk of production process of terrestrial India with the exchange processes of maritime India by creating subtle channels of connectivity and linkages cutting across various borders of polity, languages and ethnicities. Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications India
ISSN:0257-6430
0257-6430
0973-080X
DOI:10.1177/0257643014534368