Articles on Maritime Trade Routes
Naval Warfare in Ancient India
By Prithwis Chandra Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930
This extensive article explores the evidence for naval warfare in ancient India. The author begins by surveying literary sources – the Rigveda, Mahābhārata and Purāṇas – for references to ships used in battle. Early texts depict the sea primarily as a highway…
The Trade of India
By P. T. Srinivas Iyengar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926
The Trade of India (up to the 2nd century CE) details ancient maritime trade networks along India's western and southern coasts. The Daksinapatha, an Andhra empire extending to the Ganges, included key ports like Bharukaccha (Barigaza), Pathana (Paithan), and…
The Trade of India
By P. T. Srinivas Iyengar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926
This article continues a series on the history of Indian trade, focusing on the period up to the second century A.D. It surveys the overland and maritime routes linking India with Western Asia, Egypt, China and Southeast Asia and examines how political…
The Trade of India (from the earliest period up to the 2nd century A.D.)
By P. T. Srinivas Iyengar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926
The trade of India from the earliest periods up to the 2nd century A.D. involved extensive maritime and overland exchanges, primarily driven by merchants referred to as *Panis* or *Dasyus* (often termed "Dravidians" in modern scholarship). Vedic mantras…