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This volume embodies 14 selected essays by the senior faculties of various universities and research scholars selected from the presentations in a two-day National Seminar on Inland and maritime Trade in Peninsula India (from the earliest times up to 16th century CE) jointly organized by IGNCA and the Department of History, Pondicherry University, Puducherry in April, 2019.

Contents: Preface: Sachchidanand Joshi, Acknowledgements, Editorial: N Chandramouli, K Sanjay Jha & Ajit Kumar, List of Contributors, 1. Rattan Lal Hangloo-The Idea of Trade in Indian History, 2. Y Subbarayalu-Nagaram and Ainnurruvar A Reconsideration of their Relations, 3. Rabindra Kumar Mohanty-Archaeology of Kalinga: Sisupalgarh and Beyond, 4. M S Dhiraj-Jain Trade and Traders as gleaned through the Early Brahmi Inscriptions of Tamilakam (c.2nd century BCE-c.4th century. CE), 5. N Chandramouli & Hari Babu Boddu-Maritime Trade Networks between South-East Asian Countries and Early Historic Andhradesa (c.2nd-4th century CE), 6. Mamata Nanda-Role of Pipli in the Socio-Cultural transformations of Medieval Odisha, 7. R H Kulkarni-Trade Routes and Guilds: Bearing on ancient Indian art activities: An art historical view with special reference to Karnataka, 8. S B Darsana-Maritime Interactions in the Early Medieval Tamilcountry with special reference to the Pallavas, 9. S Swaminathan-Trade and Commerce under the Imperial Cholas, 10. Martiz Kurian & Gopi Krishnan G-Rise of Kollam port city in Early Medieval Kerala: Commercial and Cultural Linkages, 11. La Na Swamy-Karnataka's Maritime Contacts during Vijayanagara Period, 12. Naseem Ashiq V-Sea Banditry in the South-West Coast: Sense, Subsistence and Survival, 13. Mohammed Shameem K K-The Egyptian Karimi Merchants in India's Trans-Oceanic Trade: A Revisit in the light of new Sources, 14. Donal Thomas-Maritime and Inland trade during Vijayanagara Empire: A Point of contact between Indian and European knowledge systems c.1500-c.1570 CE, About the Contributors. (Proceedings of the National Seminar on Inland and Maritime Trade in Peninsular India (From the earliest times up to 16th century) 11th-12th April 2019, Pondicherry University).