The Archaeology of European Expansion in India (Gujarat, c. 16th-18th Centuries)
Book Specification
Item Code: | IDD769 |
Author: | Dilip K. Chakrabarti |
Publisher: | Aryan Books International |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2003 |
ISBN: | 8173052506 |
Pages: | 204 (B & W Illus: 18, Figures: 13) |
Cover: | Hardcover |
Other Details | 9.8" X 7.4" |
Weight | 730 gm |
Book Description
The aim of the fieldwork, on which this book is based, was to explore the possibility of conducting archaeological excavations in Surat where the Europeans including the British were most likely to have left behind the material traces of their presence between 16th and 18th centuries.
However, before undertaking such excavations, one should have an understanding of the historical framework within which the relevant archaeological issues can be contextualized. The purpose of this book is to put forward this framework and advance the general concept of 'the Archaeology of European Expansion' in South Asian Archaeology.
A University Lecturer since 1965, Dilip K. Chakrabarti currently lectures on South Asian Archaeology and Ancient History in the Department of Archaeology of Cambridge University. He has authored sixteen books and a large number of articles, notes and book reviews. His recent publications include Archaeology in the Third World: A History of Indian Archaeology Since 1947.
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
- INTRODUCTION
- Archaeology of European Expansion
- 1.1 A Brief Outline of Development
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- 1.2.1 The Americas
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- 1.2.1.1 Chesapeake Bay
1.2.1.2 Elsewhere in the Americas
1.2.1.3 African American Archaeology as a Component of the American Historical Archaeology 1.2.2 Australia
1.2.3 South Africa
1.2.4 Miscellaneous Areas and Themes
1.2.5 An Overview -
1.2 Research Dimensions -
- Scope of Research on the Archaeology of European Expansion in India.
- Archaeology of European Expansion
- GUJARAT'S MARITIME TRADE TILL c. 1600
- Traditional Ports and Trade Links of the Gujarat Coast
- 1.1 Geographical Prelude
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- 1.2.1 Kutch
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- 1.2.1.1 Boats
1.2.1.2 Harbours
1.2.1.3 Trade Items 1.2.2 Kathiawar -
- 1.2.2.1 Boats
1.2.2.2 Harbours
1.2.2.3 Trade Items
1.3 Observations on the 19th-Century Evidence -
1.2 The 19th- Century Evidence -
- The Sequence of Archaeological and Historical Evidence
- II.1 The Indus Civilization
II.2 Early Historic Period: The Evidence of the Periplus
II.3 The Post-Periplus Phase Till c. AD 1300
II.4 AD 1300-1600: Gujarat Under Delhi Sultans, Independent Sultans and the Mughals - Summary of the Argument
- Traditional Ports and Trade Links of the Gujarat Coast
- SURAT
- Introduction: The Purpose of the Chapter and the Sources Used
- A Brief Geographical Sketch
- The Surat Bar and the Navigability of the Tapti up to Surat
- The Communication Lines from Surat to Khandesh, Konkan, Malwa and Rajasthan
- History of Surat and the Surat Area
- IV.1 Archaeology and Ancient History
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- IV.3.1 Surat in the Mughal Revenue and Administrative Network
IV.3.2 The Maratha Invasions, Plague and the Last Years of Mughal Control IV.4 1733-1800: The Years Before the Complete
IV.2 The Muslim Period Till the Mughal Conquest in 1573
IV.3 The Mughal Period -
- A Brief History of European 'Factories' in Surat
- V.1 The Portuguese
V.2 The Dutch
V.3 The French and the Austrians
V.4 The British - Surat's Trade: Transport, Commodities and Network
- VI. 1 Comments on the Historical Character of Surat's Trade
- Surat as a City: The General Picture
- The Details of Some Important Localities and Features in European Records
- VIII.1 Swally, Swally Road, Swally Hole, Swally Marine
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- VIII.1.1 The Problem of Thomas Coryat's Tomb in Swally
VIII.2 The Surat Wharf and the Custom-House -
- VIII.3.1 The British Factory
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- VIII.3.1.1 Some Observations on the Life in the Factory
VIII.3.1.2 The Factory Building VIII.3.2 The Dutch Factory
VIII.3.3 The Portuguese Factory
VIII.3.4 The French Factory VIII.4 The British and Dutch Burials -
VIII.3 The European Factories -
- Some General Observations
- BROACH, AHMEDABAD, CAMBAY, DIU, DAMAN
- Broach (Bharuch)
- Ahmedabad
- Cambay
- Diu
- Daman
- CONCLUSIONS
Bibliography
Index