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Indian Knowledge Systems Division of Ministry of Education at AICTE in association with Ministry of Culture seeks to create awareness about sophisticated knowledge traditions that existed in Bhārat by introducing citizens to intellectual wealth of ancient Bharatiyas, especially in the area of Maritime traditions. In this context it organized a Conference cum cultural activities session of Maritime traditions under aegis of “DHARA: An Ode to Indian Knowledge System” and Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on 8-10th November 2022.
This conference was attended by renowned dignitaries, academicians, scholars, researchers.
Samudramanthan: A Dhara Event on Maritime Traditions
8th-10th November, 2022
Organised by
IKS Division, Ministry of Education with the Ministry of Culture and Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack
Sanjeev Sanyal speaks on ‘India’s Maritime Past
Speaker:
Sanjeev Sanyal is the Principal Economic Advisor to the Government of India. An internationally acclaimed economist and best-selling author, he spent two decades in the financial sector and was Global Strategist & Managing Director at Deutsche Bank till 2015. He was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010. He is also a well-known environmentalist and urban theorist. In 2007, he was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship for his work on urban dynamics. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University, Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore and a Senior Fellow of the World Wide Fund for Nature. He has also served on the Future City Sub-Committee of the Singapore government tasked with building a long-term vision for the city-state.
Sanjeev attended SRCC,, Delhi and Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar (1992-95). His best-selling books include Land of the Seven Rivers, The Indian Renaissance and The Ocean of Churn, all published by Penguin. In addition, he had published around 200 articles, columns and reports in leading national/international publications. He was given the inaugural International Indian Achievers Award for contributions to Literature in 2014. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London and a Visiting Fellow of IDFC Institute, Mumbai.
Sub-Topics:
0:00 Introduction to the topic
0:45 Importance of Orissa in Bhārat’s maritime past and our land locked flawed perspective of our history completely ignoring the Indian Ocean’s great heritage in our prosperity
2:30 The mention of the importance of seas and oceans and rivers in our Vedas and Indus valley civilization
3:10 Rajasthan’s Rann of Kutch was the estuary of two major rivers – Sarasvati & Indus and Dholavira was an island with a port around 6000 years ago
4:05 Lothal was a customs depot in ancient times in our maritime trade
4:35 We had trade with the Persian Gulf in Indian ivory, peacocks and cloth, etc.
5:02 Sumerian/Mesopotamian cuneiform inscriptions call Indians as Meluhans
5:50 Court case records in Sumerian texts talk about a Meluhan/Indian
6:40 Around 2000 BCE this maritime trade dominated North West Bhārat came to an abrupt end due to extreme climate changes and drying up of Sarasvati and migration of population
7:15 Next round of maritime trade then begins on the east coast of Bhārat in the Iron age
8:10 East coast of Bhārat began trade with Sri Lanka and we still share a shared culture
9:10 By 5-6 CE we see trade Indian expanding to Vietnam and the story of the glorious ‘Bāli Jātra’
12:00 Indian maritime trade with Japan and Korea and its interesting shared culture
13:30 The importance of monsoon winds for maritime trade and the festival of Karthik Purnima
14:00 India’s trade with Indonesia and especially Bāli
16:05 Ancient India’s impact on the world culture via Maritime Trade
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