1. Matriliny
2. Indian Ocean
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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.