Transregional Trade and Traders: Situating Gujarat in the Indian Ocean from Early Times to 1900 Book Information:

numerous safe harbours, accessible ports and a rich hinterland, Gujarat has been central to the history of Indian Ocean maritime exchange that involved not only Goods, but also people and ideas. This volume maps the trajectory of the extra-continental interactions of Gujarat and how it shaped the history of the Indian Ocean. Chronologically, the volume spans two millennia and geographically, it ranges from the Red sea to Southeast Asia The book focuses on specific groups of Gujarati traders and their accessibility and trading activities with maritime merchants from Africa, Arabia, Southeast Asia, China and Europe. It not only analyses the complex process of commodity circulation, involving a host of players, huge investments and numerous commercial operations, but also engages with questions of migration and diaspora. Paying close attention to current historiographical debates, the contributors make serious efforts to challenge the neat regional boundaries that are often drawn around the trading history of Gujarat.

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Higher Education Textbooks

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Hardcover

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English

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2019

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