Boats of South Asia
This book sets new standards for the documentation of water transport, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent. A fascinating and accessible read for anyone interested in boats or the South Asian way of life, as well as ethnographers, maritime archaeologists and historians, Boats of South Asia covers recent, exhaustive fieldwork in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; and covers a vast array of traditional boats used in the sub-Continent today for fishing and other coastal, riverine tasks.
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Andhra Pradesh Atirampattinam balance board bamboo Bangladesh barki Basil Greenhill beach seiners beam boat types boat’s boatbuilding Bolla Ghat bottom plank builder building built century Chhataki nauka chine strakes coast coastal craft crossbeams crosssection Deloche Digha edge ends Eripurakarai European clinker fastened fieldwork Figure fishing flatbottomed framefirst futtocks garboard goloi Greenhill hide boats Hogenakal holes Hornell hulc planking hull form inboard India Kaveri keel Kentley lashed leeboards length logboats lower maritime Maritime Archaeology mast master frame masula McGrail method midship motorised mould oared patia Orissa outboard pair Palk Bay parical paruwa patam patia plank boats planking pattern plankkeel ratio reverseclinker boats reverseclinker planking reverseclinker strakes river scrieve board seams sewing sewn sewn boats shape ships side South Asia Sri Lanka starboard stem stern post Sylhet Sylhet District Sylheti nauka Tamil Nadu thoni top strake traditional Tuticorin unequal frames upper vallam vattai vessels wadding West Bengal