The seasonal nature of Indian Ocean trade meant that ships arrived amid rough seas and were often beached, rather than moored in quays. Stitched ships, being more resilient to such conditions ...

Recent investigations into bitumen trade in the Indian Ocean region have significantly enhanced our understanding of ancient economic networks and cultural interactions. Bitumen, a naturally ...

But in Indian music this kind of dissonance is deliberate and beautiful. "Horns are used more as a rhythm instrument, not for melody or harmony in a western sense." * Originally published in 2016.

Remnants of 2,000-year-old curry shed new light on ancient trade routes and everyday role of ... to Southeast Asia by migrants during the period of early trade contact via the Indian Ocean," she ...

Shipwreck may yield clues to ancient trade link The sunken ship has been sitting on the seafloor off the southern coast of Sri Lanka for some 2,000 years and was discovered in 2003.

The Indian Ocean "gravity hole" is the deepest dent in Earth's gravitational field, where the pull of gravity is so weak that sea levels are 348 feet (106 meters) lower than the global average.

The East African Ports report provides an overview of the competition for Indian Ocean Trade market share and should be read by all interested in the challenges and opportunities within the region.

Scrutinizing India’s Strategic Leverage in the Indian Ocean India and China both are ancient civilizations that were overly dependent on sea routes for trade since antiquity, the dependence has ...

The Indian Ocean geoid low (IOGL) is a 1.2 million-square-mile (3 million square kilometers) depression found 746 miles (1,200 kilometers) southwest of India.