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Lecture Series on ‘Maritime Heritage of India’: The fourth lecture by Prof. (Dr) Vasant Shinde
Date: 16 May 2025
Venue: INTACH Multipurpose Hall, 71, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
Time: 4.00 pmYouTube link: https://youtu.be/eJ5p8fi-xT4
Dear Friends,
We are delighted to invite you to an illustrated Talk – Indian Maritime History and the Development of National Maritime Museum at Lothal by Prof. (Dr) Vasant Shinde at INTACH.
India has a rich and diverse uninterrupted maritime history that began with the Harappan period around 5000 years ago. India has a very vast coastline of over 11000 km, and it encompasses nine major states and four union territories. Indians were pioneers in Maritime trade activities, shipbuilding technologies and developing ports and dockyards. The entire maritime history of the country will be showcased in the upcoming National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal, an archaeological site that has yielded the world’s first man-made dockyard. Indians, from the early times, have generated wealth by establishing flourishing and beneficial maritime trade links with countries located in the Indian Ocean rim region and beyond.
Prof. Shinde is a former Professor and Vice-Chancellor of the Deccan College, Pune and former founding Director General, National Maritime Heritage Complex. He is a world-renowned archaeologist and one of the foremost scholars in South Asia.
He has been actively involved in Public Archaeology and has established groups in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Haryana to protect the cultural heritage of the country and generate awareness of the same among the general public.
His contributions to archaeology in India and abroad take the form of a large number of research papers, edited volumes and other publications, comprising 12 books, two monographs, 19 edited books/journals, 133 papers in national journals/books and 72 research papers in International journals/books alone, in addition to 24 popular articles in magazines and other periodicals. His most significant breakthrough research contribution includes the first DNA analysis and Craniofacial Reconstruction of the Harappan people.
Join us for tea after the lecture.
