The World of the Indian Ocean Merchant 1500-1800 Collected Essays of Ashin Das Gupta - Oxford India Paperbacks

Ashin Das Gupta

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Publisher's Synopsis

This collection brings together some seminal essays of the late Professor Ashin Das Gupta, one of the pioneers of maritime studies in India. It is organised into two parts: one containing Professor Das Gupta's general essays, the other his more specific ones on Malabar and Surat. These essays chronicle the rise and fall of Indian port cities and of the communities of merchants who traded from them.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195671759
Publisher:	OUP India
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	22 Dec 2005
Number of pages:	528
Weight:	642g
Height:	208mm
Width:	132mm
Spine width:	28mm