Category:Maritime history of India
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The Maritime history of India dates back to he 3rd millennium BCE when inhabitants of the Indus Valley initiated maritime trading contact with Mesopotamia. The Roman historian Strabo mentions an increase in Roman trade with India following the Roman annexation of Egypt. As trade between India and the Greco-Roman world increased spices became the main import from India to the Western world. Indians were present in Alexandria while Christian and Jew settlers from Rome continued to live in India long after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Indian commercial connection with South East Asia proved vital to the merchants of Arabia and Persia during the 7th–8th century. On orders of Manuel I of Portugal, four vessels under the command of Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa and across the Indian Ocean to arrive Kappad near Calicut (Kozhikode) on May 20, 1498.
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This category has the following 31 subcategories, out of 31 total.
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Media in category "Maritime history of India"
The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total.
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A Prince Visits the Poet Tulsidas.jpg 500 × 561; 199 KB
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Alexander is Lowered into the Sea.jpg 2,597 × 3,854; 1.97 MB
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Ancient Hindu Ship.jpg 1,401 × 1,090; 99 KB
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Boita- Brahmeswara Temple.jpg 968 × 458; 146 KB
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Indian ship on lead coin of Vashishtiputra Shri Pulumavi.jpg 1,506 × 1,435; 872 KB
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Jadavpur University School of Oceanographic Studies.jpg 1,632 × 2,464; 1.6 MB
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Khalkatapatna map.png 429 × 278; 90 KB
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Kutchi nautical chart of 18th century.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 3.31 MB
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Maritime links of the Sultanate of Bengal.png 800 × 370; 91 KB
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San Gabriel, CSMVS.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 3.63 MB
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Small vessels used in Malabar.jpg 1,100 × 698; 194 KB
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TabulaPeutingerianaMuziris.jpg 457 × 373; 71 KB
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WestBengalSealofShip.png 340 × 342; 59 KB
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WorldShips1460. Indian ships..jpg 315 × 228; 27 KB
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Zhenghe-sailing-chart.gif 1,454 × 1,036; 174 KB
