Knowledge and the Indian Ocean :  Intangible networks of Western India and beyond  
Edited by Sara Keller 
 - Cham, Switzerland :   Palgrave Macmillan,  c2019. 
 - xli, 266 p. :   ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Palgrave series in Indian Ocean world studies .
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction /​ Sara Keller<br/>pt. I Knowledge, Science and Techniques<br/>2.Places We Can Go: Some Notes on Sea/​Knowledge /​ Sarah Bancroft<br/>3.Knowing the Sea: Thalassographies to Thalassology of the Indian Ocean (up to c. 1500 CE) /​ Ranabir Chakravarti<br/>4.A Chinese Muse in the Caliph's Court: The Influence of Chinese Ceramic Technology Across the Indian Ocean (Eighth to Fourteenth Century CE) /​ Rukshana Nanji<br/>5.Ava: A Living Tradition of Reverence for Water Among the Zoroastrians /​ Shernaz Cama<br/>6.Scholars in Gujarat's Bazaars: Revisiting L'academie ambulante ("The Roving Academy") /​ Fernando Rosa<br/>7.Gujarat Ornamental Furniture: Artisans, Techniques, Skills and Global Markets During the Nineteenth Century /​ Louiza Rodrigues<br/>8."Without a Counterpart on the Globe": Geographical Knowledge and the Mapping of "Kutch" in the Nineteenth Century /​ Mariam Dossal<br/>pt. II Skill, Migration and Identities<br/>Contents note continued: 9.Gujarat Sufis, "Sants" and the Indian Ocean World in Medieval Times /​ Makrand Mehta<br/>10.Doing Well but Also Doing Good? East African Indian Merchants and Their Charitable Work, c. 1850<br/>1920 /​ Margret Frenz<br/>11.Narratives of Transcendental Decision-Making: Seeking Health and Healing at Sufi Shrines in Gujarat /​ Helene Basu<br/>12.Voices of the Sidis: Indians of African Descent /​ Beheroze Shroff<br/>13.Linguistic and Cultural Contributions of Gujarat in Eastern Africa /​ Abdulaziz Yusuf Lodhi<br/>14.The Transnational Life and Political Philosophy of Shyamji Krishnavarma /​ Edward Simpson. 
<br/><br/> This volume examines Western India's 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 India's deep socio-cultural impact across the centuries. Western India emerges as a pivotal region in the maritime world as a transmitter of knowledge--back cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783319968384 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018949832 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indian Ocean Region --Intellectual life<br/>Intellectual life<br/>Indian Ocean Region
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954 KN OW