Stallions of the Indian Ocean 

Speaker: Dr. Srinivas Reddy, Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies, IIT - Gandhinagar.

 

Chair: Prof. Rajat Datta, Chairperson, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University  

 

The talk seeks to scrutinise a variety of historical sources to develop a composite picture of how Indian Ocean maritime trade between Arabia and India, as mediated by the Portuguese, played a critical role in the dynamics of sixteenth century Deccani politics and society