HISTORIES OF THE INDIAN OCEAN: A

REVIEW
ABSTRACT
The Indian 0cean is the third-largest of the world's oceanic divisions,
covering 70,560,000 km2 (19.8% of the water on the Earth's surface).
It is bounded by Asia on the north, on the west by Africa, on the east
by Australia, and on the south by the Southern 0cean or, relying
upon definition, by Antarctica.

Indian 0cean Trade(whose various trade routes are sometimes

collectively called the Monsoon Marketplace) has been a key factor
in East–West exchanges throughout history. Long distance trade
in dhows and sailboats made it a dynamic zone of interaction
between peoples, cultures, and civilizations stretching from Java in
the East to Zanzibar and Mombasa in the west. Cities and states on
the Indian 0cean rim focused on both the sea and the land.

It’s a chapter of history almost forgotten: Intrepid merchants

and explorers travelled thousands of miles, not along storied
caravan routes, but across the great blue expanse of the Indian
0cean, exchanging goods and ideas, forming bonds and
challenging our notions about the ancient world.

So Indian Ocean plays a very pivotal role in the Maritime

history of India and just because of that it was also called the
Golden Sparrow of East. Not only in business but also it plays
an important role in the philosophical ground.

NAME- ARABINDA SAHOO

SEC- B
ROLL-19LLB108