The Ocean of Churn

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Much of human history has played itself out along the rim of the Indian Ocean In a first of its kind attempt, bestselling author Sanjeev Sanyal tells the history of this significant region, which stretches across East Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to South East Asia and Australia He narrates a fascinating tale about the earliest human migrations out of Africa and the great cities of Angkor and Vijayanagar medieval Arab empires and Chinese treasure fleets the rivalries of European colonial powers and a new dawn.Sanjeev explores remote archaeological sites, ancient inscriptions, maritime trading networks and half forgotten oral histories, to make exciting revelations In his inimitable style, he draws upon existing and new evidence to challenge well established claims about famous historical characters and the flow of history Adventurers, merchants, explorers, monks, swashbuckling pirates, revolutionaries and warrior princesses populate this colourful and multifaceted narrative.The Ocean of Churn takes the reader on an amazing journey through medieval geopolitics and eyewitness accounts of long lost cities to the latest genetic discoveries about human origins, bringing alive a region that has defined civilization from the very beginning. Download The Ocean of Churn – kino-fada.fr A thoroughly enjoyable voyage across the Indian Ocean with Sanjeev Sanyal Sanyal has clearly gone from strength to strength since his last work and his command over the narrative, and engagement of the reader is admirable now A challenging task is taken up here, since the sweep of time and geography to be covered in a short book like this is ambitious to say the least Sanyal pulls it off quite handsomely, it has to be said, even though oversimplification and a few biases color the narrative i A thoroughly enjoyable voyage across the Indian Ocean with Sanjeev Sanyal Sanyal has clearly gone from strength to strength since his last work and his command over ...How come the fossil remains of marine animals have been found in Himalayas How come we can see oriental faces in the engravings by Pallavas Why did Vasco Da Gama worshipped in a Hindu Temple when he set his foot in India for the first time How come the Parsi Community of India embraced the local Gujarati culture so effortlessly Yeah, you guessed it right This books has not only answers, but also profound explanations of all the above mentioned and manyquestions History has been presc How come the fossil remains of marine animals have been found in Himalayas How come we can see oriental faces in the engravings by Pallavas Why did Vasco Da Gama worshipped in a Hindu Temple when he set his foot in India for the first time How come the Parsi Community of India embraced the local Gujarati culture so effortlessly Yeah, you guessed it right This books has not only answers, but also profound explanations of all the above mentioned and manyquestions History has been prescribed in our curriculum right from the primary school But if you will ponder a bit, its easy to realize that the entire curriculum is heavily skewed towards Mainland History While we discuss Ashoka a...I did hope to be impressed which unfortunately I wasn t while reading this one I did hope to find some intensive if not extensive history of the diasporic movement around and across the Indian Ocean, what I did get was a quick tour of the region and those beyond it spreading across centuries and civilizations, right from the Prehistoric times to the recent past.I did hope to read of those unknown sailors, pirates, local merchants, lascars, what I gotwell I did not get what the author had hin I did hope to be impressed which unfor...The author of this book, Sanjeev Sanyal makes a credible statement on an obvious shortcoming with a majority of historic narratives In a planet where 71% are covered by the oceans, our history is almost completely rooted on the land Sanyal in his book sets out to look at history from the Indian Ocean s perspective The Indian Ocean encompasses Africa, Asia and Australasia in its fold what happens against the backdrop of this sea is rich, varied and instrumental to world history The narrative The author of this book, Sanjeev Sanyal makes a credible statement on an obvious shortcoming with a majority of historic narratives In a planet where 71% are covered by the oceans, our history is almost completely rooted on the land Sanyal in his book sets out to look at history from the Indian Ocean s perspective The Indian Ocean encompasses Africa, Asia and Australasia in its fold what happens against the backdrop of this sea is rich, varied and instrumental to world history The narrative draws inspiration from the namesake of the ocean itself and is almost ...Being a regular reader of the history I was fascinated by this book by the author Sanjeev Sanyal Having read his previous book Land of the Seven Rivers I was all eager to read this new book In his previous book, he talked about the seven important rivers of India including the mighty Saraswati River The Land of seven rivers was summed up in one line as Seven Rivers Sapth Sindhu , One Country, Five Millennia, Startling History.Asian histories have been rendered in a biased manner since ti Being a regular reader of the history I was fascinated by this book by the author Sanjeev Sanyal Having read his previous book Land of the Seven Rivers I was all eager to read this new book In hi...2.5 5 For the most part it read like a school textbook, too much information of dates and names cramped into few pages with urgency More of information than on insights analysis Also, felt a lack of continuity and depth.This is a fascinating read of how Indian Ocean influenced India History We forget that the major portion of contemporary Indian history is always a narrative from the inland empirical view This book flies in the face of that school of thought that the power center of India has always been inland in Delhi or that there India has been a land based land route trading empire. Moreover and the thing i like the most about this book is the fascinating stories of simple people, simple traders and peo This is a fascinating read of how Indian Ocean influenced India History We forget that the major portion of contemporary Indian history is always a narrative from the inland empirical view This book flies in the face of that school of thought that the power center of India has always been inland in Delhi or that there India has been a land based land route trading empire. Moreover and the thing i like the most about this book is the fascinating stories of simple people, simple traders and people long forgotten by Indian Historians who achieved magnificent feats The Warrior Queens of Ullal who fought and repulsed the Portuguese from India Western Coast and , Marthanda Varma, the ruler of Travancore who defeated the Dutch in a Navel Battle and ended their dream of colonial empire The nameless soldiers who fought in from Greco Persian Wars to the WW2 for other s cause This book gives us the missing link in the Indian history, so many people made India what it is, and left their inf...For amateur history buffs, the Ocean of Churn a very interesting refresher from a different vantage point For the casual reader, this is an accessible read that gives one a quick primer of Indian Ocean maritime history, establishing some striking, sometimes unexpected links that the current day bears to events that occurred far away from boundaries of one s world Far too many of us don t take history seriously, treating it as a schoolday burden to be quickly dispensed with after the 10th grade For amateur history buffs, the Ocean of Churn a very interesting refresher from a different vantage point For the casual reader, this is an accessible read that gives one a quick primer of Indian Ocean maritime history, establishing some striking, sometimes unexpected links that the current day bears to events that occurred far away from boundaries of one s world Far too many of us don t take history seriously, treating it as a schoolday burden to be quickly dispensed with after the 10th grade exams We hardly engage with history, instead let it slide off our mind...The best thing about this book is the focus on South India Indian History is far too Delhi centric, and it is good that an emminental readable and well studied account of the South is now presented The author has a knack of combining the studies of Geography and History, and the book does not disappoint one bit What I particularly enjoyed is the use of anecdotes to stitch together broader historical patterns The book also does not pull back on punches and focused on key areas such as the cul The best thing about this book is the focus on South India Indian History is far too Delhi centric, and ...Awesome Read Awesome Read that opens up new vistas of knowledge for anyone interested in how what we are today is a sythesis of what we did yesterday

The Ocean of Churn
  • 15 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 323 pages
  • 0670087327
  • Sanjeev Sanyal
  • The Ocean of Churn