Economy, Trade & Statecraft
Indian Ocean seafaring and sewn ships
1st millennium BCE onwardAncient Indian marinersMaritime and textual recordPan-Indian / unspecified
1,000 BCE
Long-distance monsoon sailing and stitched-plank shipbuilding linking India to Africa, Arabia and Southeast Asia.
- Dated
- 1,000–1 BCE
- As scholars put it
- 1st millennium BCE onward
- Originator
- Ancient Indian mariners
- Source text
- Maritime and textual record
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Economy, Trade & Statecraft
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Part of the wider Indian Ocean trading world.
Fair to say
Ship construction is reconstructed from depictions and surviving traditions.
Path to modern innovation
Foundations of the pre-modern Indian Ocean trade network.
1,000 BCEIndian Ocean seafaring and sewn ships
100 BCE
1 CE
1025Transmission
Indian goods and ideas spread across maritime Asia.
References
- 1Histories of Indian Ocean trade
Further reading
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