Coastal India

Coastal India
Satellite Picture of Coastal India.
Map of Coastal India with major landmarks.
Roman trade with ancient Coastal India according to the Periplus Maris Erythraei 1st century CE.
Scenic view of coastal plain fields near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Coastal India is a geo-cultural region in the Indian subcontinent that spans the entire coastline of India.(7516.6 km; Mainland: 5422.6 km, Island Territories: 2094 km)[1]

Region

Further information: Eastern Coastal Plains and Western Coastal Plains

Coastal India spans from the Gulf of Kutch in its westernmost corner and stretches across the Gulf of Khambhat, and southwards through Konkan and Kanara region and further down along the Malabar through Cape Comorin in the southernmost region of mainland India forming the Western coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. and runs further from Cape Comorin towards north east through the Coromandal Coast, Northern Circars and Utkal Plains extends until the easternmost Corner of shoreline near the Sunderbans along the Bay of Bengal making the Eastern Coastline. There are many beaches and springs here, as well as beautiful sea and oceans like the Arabian Sea.

People

The people along coastal India exhibit vast diversity along an underlying commonality as a result of its coastal topography and sea trade between west Asian Mediterranean traders along its west coastline. The region includes Gujaratis in the westernmost region, Maharashtrians, Konkanis, Tuluvas, Bearys and Malayalis across western coastline, and Tamilians, the Telugus, Odia and the Bengali people across the eastern coastline along the Bay of Bengal.

Thriving sea trade and intermingling

A thriving trade existed between the Mediterranean world and Coastal Indian regions [2][3][4][5] This led to significant intermingling between the people of Coastal India and the west asian world, particularly along the South West Indian Coastline along the Arabian Sea. Several west Asian communities have also settled and become part of the diversity of coastal south west India. These include the Parsis,[6] Bohras[7] and Baghdadi Jews[8] in the westernmost region, The descendants of west asian and mediterranean traders like The Bearys of Kanara region and the Mappilas [9] along Malabar region, and the cochin jews[2][3][4][9][10][11][12] and Syriac Nasranis[2][3][4][9][10][11][12] along the southernmost region of South India. The Chola Empire established vast Tamil influence across South East Asian region [13][14][15] across Indonesia, Java, Bali and Sumatra. This brought South Indian Heritage to Cambodia, Indonesia and Bali where the Balinese Hindu traditions still thrives. This also lead to intermingling between coastal India and the south east Asia particularly in the South eastern Cholamandalam coastline along the Bay of Bengal.

Heritage

The linguistic diversity of Coastal India includes languages of the Dravidian language family including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Beary and Kannada; languages belonging to the western zone of Indo Iranian language families including Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, languages belonging to the central zone of the Indo-Iranian language families including Urdu and Persian and languages belonging to the eastern zone of Indo Iranian language family including Odia and Bengali. The region also has speakers of Semitic languages like Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic. The common elements of the people of coastal India includes cuisine that consists of agrarian and coastal products and clothing that involves long flowing drapes with bare midriff for both men and women suited for humid and warm climate.[16] Throughout coastal India women wear drapes called saree in various styles.[16] In the western corner of the region the drapes are called as Dhoti for men.[16] and Chaniya choli for women,[16] further southwards the drapes are called as lungi or mundu for men.[16] and veshti for women.[16] Towards the southernmost tip of coastal south western India the social system of inheritance was once matrilineal.[16][17][18][19][20] There are various festivals celebrated in the coastal states centered on deities.[21]

Tourism

The tourism is enabled by numerous islands, beaches[22] and coral reefs[23] in coastal India, full potential of which is yet to be exploited.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Coastal States of India". iomenvis.nic.in. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Bjorn Landstrom (1964) "The Quest for India", Doubleday (publisher) English Edition, Stockholm.
  3. ^ a b c Miller, J. Innes. (1969). The Spice Trade of The Roman Empire: 29 B.C. to A.D. 641. Oxford University Press. Special edition for Sandpiper Books. 1998. ISBN 0-19-814264-1.
  4. ^ a b c Thomas Puthiakunnel, (1973) "Jewish colonies of India paved the way for St. Thomas", The Saint Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India, ed. George Menachery, Vol. II., Trichur.
  5. ^ Periplus Maris Erythraei "The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea", (trans). Wilfred Schoff (1912), reprinted South Asia Books 1995 ISBN 81-215-0699-9
  6. ^ Hodivala, S. (1920), Studies in Parsi History, Bombay
  7. ^ The Dawoodi Bohras: an anthropological perspective, by Shibani Roy. Published by B.R. Publishing, 1984.
  8. ^ Sargon, J(1987) 'Baghdadi Jews of India and the Sassoons' in Jewish Daily Israel Today, Perspectiv/Opinion; Tuesday 25 August
  9. ^ a b c Bindu Malieckal (2005) Muslims, Matriliny, and A Midsummer Night's Dream: European Encounters with the Mappilas of Malabar, India; The Muslim World Volume 95 Issue 2
  10. ^ a b Koder S. "History of the Jews of Kerala". The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India, Ed. G. Menachery,1973.
  11. ^ a b Leslie Brown, (1956) The Indian Christians of St. Thomas. An Account of the Ancient Syrian Church of Malabar, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1956, 1982 (repr.)
  12. ^ a b Menachery G (1973) The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India, Ed. George Menachery, B.N.K. Press, vol. 2, ISBN 81-87132-06-X, Lib. Cong. Cat. Card. No. 73-905568; B.N.K. Press
  13. ^ K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, K.A (1984) [1935]. The CōĻas. Madras: University of Madras.
  14. ^ Keay, John. India: A History. New Delhi: Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-255717-7.
  15. ^ Hermann, Kulke; Rothermund D (2001) [2000]. A History of India. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-32920-5.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g Boulanger, Chantal; (1997) Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping, Shakti Press International, New York. ISBN 0-9661496-1-0
  17. ^ Craddock, Norma. 1994. Anthills, Split Mothers, and Sacrifice: Conceptions of Female Power in the Mariyamman Tradition. Dissertation, U. of California, Berkeley.
  18. ^ Trawick, Margaret. 1990a. Notes on Love in a Tamil Family. Berkeley: U. of California Press.
  19. ^ Wadley, Susan, ed. 1980. The Powers of Tamil Women. Syracuse: Syracuse U. Press.
  20. ^ Smith R.T. (2002) Matrifocality, in International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences (eds) Smelser & Baltes, vol 14, pp 9416.
  21. ^ Dikshitar, V. R. Ramachandra, The Lalita Cult, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. (Delhi, 1942, 2d ed. 1991, 3d ed. 1999).
  22. ^ 12 Must-Visit Blue Flag Beaches In India Known For Their Cleanliness & Beauty, The Better India, Oct 2022.
  23. ^ Vineeta Hoon. "Coral Reefs of India: Review of Their Extent, Condition, Research and Management Status by Vineeta Hoon". Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

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