EAN: 9783319968384

KNOWLEDGE AND THE INDIAN OCEAN GEBUNDEN

This volume examines Western Indiäs contributions to the spread of ideas  beliefs and other
intangible ties across the Indian Ocean world. The region  particularly Gujarat and Bombay  is
well-established in the Indian imaginary and in scholarship as a mercantile hub. These essays
move beyond this identity to examine the region as a dynamic place of learning and a host of
knowledge  tracing the flow of knowledge  aesthetic sensibilities  values  memories and genetic
programs. Contributors traverse the fields of history  anthropology  agriculture  botany 
medicine  sociology and more to offer path-breaking perspectives on Western Indiäs deep
socio-cultural impact across the centuries. Western India emerges as a pivotal region in the
maritime world as a transmitter of knowledge.

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