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A traditional boats and navigational history of Odisha, East coast of India

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Title A traditional boats and navigational history of Odisha, East coast of India
 
Creator Tripati, S.
 
Subject MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY
OCEANOGRAPHIC SUPPORT SERVICES
OCEANOGRAPHIC SUPPORT SERVICES
 
Description It is Believed that around 60,000 yrs. ago when the sea level was lower people employed floats or rafts for water crossing. Over the centuries, different types of traditional boats were constructed and used for maritime trade fishing, warfare, etc. Literary sources indicate use of different types of vessels in seas, rivers and lakes. As in other littoral states of India, references to a number of traditional boats of Odisha are found in contemporary literarture, namely Pota(dug out), Nauka, Bhela, Chapa and Padhua. There are some traditional boats for instance, teppa, padhua, nauka patia which are still in use and built along the Odisha Coast. The present paper details construction techniques of traditional boats of Odisha, their usages, difference between these traditional boats and those from other parts of the east coast of India, as also the navigational technology
 
Date 2016-03-09T09:12:45Z
2016-03-09T09:12:45Z
2015
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Man and Environment, vol.40(2); 2015; 80-93
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4922
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [2015]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository
 
Publisher Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies