Record Details

Ships on hero stones from the west coast of India

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title Ships on hero stones from the west coast of India
 
Creator Tripati, S.
 
Subject Naval warfare
Hero stones
Old Goa
Eksar
Aramda
West coast of India
 
Description Hero stones have been erected since early times to remember those who died in battle, and have been reported from various provinces of India. Most show land-battles, but those in the Archaeological Museum, Goa (India) and Eksar in Mumbai (Maharashtra, India) show naval warfare. The Old Goa stones belong to the Kadambas who ruled Goa from 950–1300 AD. The Eksar stones to the reign of king Bhoja of Malwa in 1020 AD. Similar hero stones with boat motifs of the 18th to 19th centuries AD have been reported from Aramda in Gujarat. This paper examines these stones and assesses their significance for the maritime history of India.
NIO
 
Date 2006-06-30T09:26:03Z
2006-06-30T09:26:03Z
2006
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, vol. 35(1), 88-96p.
1057-2414
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/180
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published in the Journal. Copyright [2006] Blackwell
 
Format 1258986 bytes
application/pdf
 
Publisher Blackwell Synergy