List of selected works from the KCHR Library Collection on the

1. Matriliny

2. Indian Ocean

  • Arunima, G. There comes papa: colonialism and the transformation of matriliny in Kerala, Malabar C. 1850-1940. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2003.

  • Basu, Helene. Journeys and Dwellings: Indian Ocean themes in South Asia. New Delhi: Orient Longman Pvt Ltd, 2008.

  • Bose, Sugata. Hundred horizons: the Indian ocean in the age of global empire. Delhi: Permanent black, 2006.

  • Boussac, Marie Francoise. Ports of the ancient Indian Ocean. Delhi: Primus Books, 2016.

  • Campbell, Gwyn. Early exchange between Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

  • Chundra, Satish. Indian Ocean explorations in history, commerce and politics. New Delhi: Sage publications, 1987.

  • Disney, Antony and Emily Booth. Vascodagama and the linking Europe and Asia. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 2000.

  • Gupta, Ashin Das. India and the Indian Ocean world: trade and politics. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 1979.

  • Himanshu Prabha Ray. Mausam: Maritime cultural landscapes across the Indian Ocean. New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 2014.

  • Himanshu Prabha Ray. Traditions and archaeology: Early maritime contacts in the Indian Ocean. New Delhi: Manohar, 2012.

  • Kaplan, Robert D. Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the future of American power. New York: Random House, 2010.

  • Karashima, Noboru. Ancient and medieval commercial activities in the Indian Ocean: testimony of inscriptions and ceramic-shreds. Tokyo: Taisho University, 2002.

  • Kearney, Milo. Indian Ocean in world history. London: Routledge, 2004.

  • Kooria, Mahmood. Malabar in the Indian Ocean: cosmopolitanism in a maritime historical region. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 2018.

  • Kulke, Hermann; Kesavapany, K. and Sakhuja, Vijay. Nagapattinam to suvarnadwipa: reflections on the choloa naval expeditions to Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009.

  • Malekandathil, Pius. Maritime India: Trade, religion and polity in the Indian Ocean. Delhi: Primus Books, 2010.

  • Mathew, K. S. Imperial Rome, Indian Ocean Regions and Muziris : new perspectives on maritime trade. New Delhi: Manohar Publications, 2015

  • McPherson, Kenneth. Indian Ocean: a history of people and the sea. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 2001.

  • Metcalf, Thomas R. Imperial connections: India in the Indian Ocean arena-1860-1920. Delhi: Permanent black, 2007.

  • Pearson, Michael. Trade, circulation, and flow in the Indian Ocean world. New York: Palgrave macmillan, 2015.

  • Pius Malekandathil. The Mughals, the Portuguese and the Indian Ocean: Changing imageries of maritime India. Delhi: Primus Books, 2013.

  • Ravi Varma, K T. Marumakkathayam: Gothramarumakkathayavum Vadakkan Sampradhayavum. Trivandrum: State Institute of Language, 2004.

  • Ravi Varma, K T. Marumakkathayam: Lakshadweepum Thekkan Sampradhayangalum. Trivandrum: State Institute of Language, 2004.

  • Saradamoni, K. Matriliny transformed: family law and ideology in twentieth century Travancore. New Delhi: Sage publications, 1999.

  • Satadru Sen. Savagery and colonialism in the Indian Ocean: Power, pleasure and the Andaman Islanders. London: Routledge, 2010.

  • Seland, Eivind Heldaas. Indian Ocean in antiquity: trade and the emerging state. Bergen: University of Bergen, 2006.

  • Shanti Moorthy. Indian Ocean studies: Cultural, social and political perspectives. London: Routledge, 2010.

  • Simpson, Islam. Struggling with history: Islam and cosmopolitanism in the Western Indian Ocean. New Delhi: Foundation Books, 2007.

  • Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Mughals and franks. New Delhi: Oxford University press, 2005.