Title Rethinking classical Indo-Roman trade : political economy of eastern Mediterranean exchange relations / Rajan Gurukkal

Edition First edition Published New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: theoretical preliminaries and methodology -- Sources and historiography -- Eastern Mediterranean overseas exchanges -- Ports, marts, and ship technology in early South India -- Exchange relations in early peninsular India -- Polity, statecraft, and overseas exchange -- Afterword Summary This volume is a rethinking of the classical eastern Mediterranean overseas exchange relations with the Indian sub-continent. Characterizing the nature of exchanges in detail against extant sources and theories, the book maintains that the expression, 'Indo-Roman trade' is a misnomer in historiography. It argues that the chieftains and merchants in the sub-continent had neither institutional nor technological means to indulge in contemporary overseas trade, a heavily document based enterprise. It was not necessary either Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-316) and index Subject Commerce Commerce -- Historiography Diplomatic relations SUBJECT Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- Rome Rome -- Commerce -- Indian Ocean Region Indian Ocean Region -- Foreign relations -- Rome Rome -- Foreign relations -- Indian Ocean Region Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- Historiography Rome -- Commerce -- Historiography Subject Indian Ocean Region Rome (Empire) Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199086382 0199086389

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