Some Aspects of South Indian Shipping

Illustrated with the help of over 150 b/w photographs, this book is a rich documentation of various aspects of indigenous shipping crafts (boats) of South India. The study covers four South Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, tamil Nadu and Kerala and describes the various crafts by their routes and building techniques. It also deals with historical aspects of the subject, representation of the maritime activity in art, maritime archaeology, and maritime trade and contacts of the Indian subcontinent. On the whole the book makes a valuable contribution to the scanty literature on the vanishing maritime traditions of South India. Prolific references for further reading are also available in the book.