Malekandathil, Pius <br/><br/>
The Mughals, the Portuguese and the Indian ocean: changing imagries of maritime India 
Malekandathil, Pius 
 - Delhi  Primus Books  2013 
 - viii, 234 p. 
<br/><br/> This book explores the changing meanings that 'maritime India' acquired during the early modern period as a result of the frequent efforts of the Mughals and the Portuguese, from two different fronts, to control its vast, resourceful enclaves and profit-yielding neighbourhoods. By analysing the highly nuanced socioeconomic processes of these regions and addressing themes that have as yet remained unexplored, this volume creates a new framework to understand the varying nature of maritime India. Some of the issues explored here focus on the political implications of the religious dialogues between Akbar and Jesuits; the attempts of the Portuguese to create a supportive social group out of the Paravas in the Pearl Fishery Coast; the creation of parallel circuits to Ottoman markets in the eastern Mediterranean as an alternative to the Cape Route trade of the Portuguese 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789380607337 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>General <br/>Christianity - Indian Ocean  <br/>Indian Ocean - Commerce - History  <br/>Indian Ocean - Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954   / M2M8