Athens, Aden, Arikamedu: Essays on the Interrelations Between India, Arabia and the Eastern Mediterranean. (book reviews)

Marie-Francoise Boussac and Jean-Francois Salles, eds. New Delhi: Manohar. 1995. Pp. 272; illus.

The lands that border the Indian Ocean--the varied territories of East Africa, Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia--exhibit a considerable cultural, economic, and political diversity. These three volumes address the complexities of this region in the past 2000 years through a combination of historical, archaeological, and ethnographic materials, principally looking at the role of exchange activities as the link between peoples. Illustrating the changeability of the Indian Ocean trade ...

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