Ancient technology of jetties and anchoring points along the west coast of India

Current Science (via JSTOR) ^ | Vol. 93, No. 7 (10 October 2007), pp. 987-991 | A. S. Gaur and K. H. Vora

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Abstract: The Indian coast, with a long history of maritime activities, has been dotted with several ancient ports. The evidence for this exists in port-related structures on the shore and in relics lying in the sea adjacent. Marine archaeological explorations have revealed the existence of jetties at Dwarka, Rupen Bandar and Porbandar, and offshore anchoring points at Bet Dwarka, Miyani, Visawada and Somnath on the Gujarat coast. The preferred anchoring points fall in a water depth of 5–7 m. This communication also discusses the effect of tide when using jetties and loading points along various parts of the west coast India.

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[Cronos]

The west coast of India had connections with the Davidic kingdom as per the Bible. And during the bronze age there were long distance trading links from Tamil Nadu to Egypt and Mesopotamia

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Ancient jetties discovered in Bujang Valley dated 487 BC
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December 10, 2013
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[The Bujang Valley is a sprawling historical complex and has an area of approximately 224 square kilometres situated near Merbok, Kedah, between Gunung Jerai in the north and Muda River in the south. It is the richest archaeological area in Malaysia. Wikipedia]

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The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean: The Ancient World Economy & the Kingdoms of Africa, Arabia & India by Raoul McLaughlin Kindle Edition

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• Book Review: Federico De Romanis and Marco Maiuro, eds., Across the Ocean: Nine Essays on Indo-Mediterranean Trade [08/14/2021]

[KC Burke]

Roger Crowley’s recent book on how Portugal kicked off the European race for the Indies starts with a short description about how the Chinese had made large sailing ventures to east Africa and the Indian Ocean prior to entering a period of withdrawal. That particular Chinese demonstration would have occurred priorate 1400s.

[GaltAdonis]

One of the ancient fishing jetties in Island Beach State Park NJ.

Hey - I think it's over 100 years old - so it is too "ancient"...
It may not be in India - but is was where I caught my first striped bass...

/s

[Rurudyne]

Write up a set of nothing happening but lots of commentary videos and metal detecting there and call it The Curse of Stripped Bass Jetty.

[FarCenter]

Since the jetties are 5 to 7 meters below sea level, and they must have been 1 to 2 meters above while in use, they must have been in use about 6000 to 8000 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_sea_level

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Everything has a particle of risk. :^)

[oldbill]

We were just talking about this this morning.

[GaltAdonis]

"The Curse of Stripped Bass Jetty."

"Everything has a particle of risk. :^)"

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Indeed -
In every issue in life we have to ask ourselves -

"Is the Curse / Risk worth the Reward."

[BenLurkin]

Interesting.

[ckilmer]

Dang. When you put it that way. I really feel bad for this guy.

[GaltAdonis]

Clean and filet that fish,
double wrap it, and into the deep freeze.
Striped bass for almost a year.
Once a week or so...
Yummm.

[moovova]

Is there any dhowt that’s how it happened?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

A lot of thought went into protected harbor tech way back when, for the simple reason that protected harbors attract silt and sand until they fill up. I believe it was one of the ancient Greek harbors that innovated a design so the harbor would automatically wash out its silt and sand.

The technique to do so would be gold, so I would think it would travel, and I wonder if India had something like this.

[yuleeyahoo]

True. Ptolemaic Egypt had extensive trade relations with India which the Romans acquired with annexation of Egypt.

[KC Burke]

What were the models of SUVs that were sold 18,000 to 14,000 years ago? They have a lot to answer.

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;^)

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I’ve been closing in on finishing the Roman Empire/Indian Ocean book, finally, and the ports of India tended to be shifting silty estuaries and such. A surviving Roman account refers to what we might call dugout canoes which were used to load and unload large vessels. Also the ports frequented by the Romans changed over time due to local politics, conquests, shifts of control, and piracy. Those were all more important than the physical harbors, which is interesting.