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Priyasha Dixit

Priyasha Dixit

Research Associate

Areas of Research

  • Maritime history, heritage and culture
  • Maritime geostrategies of the Indo-Pacific

Education

  • M.A. in Law, Politics and Society- Ambedkar University Delhi.
  • B.A. in History and Political Science- Delhi University.
  • Secondary Education- The Air Force School, Delhi.

Experience

  • Research Intern- National Maritime Foundation
  • Coach- Scholastic Super English

Presentations

  • “Maritime History of Bharat and its Relevance Today” for “Khatamband: Geometric Algorithm”
    by Manjeet Bullar Design, Venue: Bikaner House, New Delhi on 05 November 2023.
  • “History of Shipbuilding in Ancient India” for panel on “Development of Military Maritime
    Transportation” at the Indian Military Heritage Festival organised by the United Services
    Institute, Venue: Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on 21 October 2023.

All Publications

NMF Publications NMF Journal Publications
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DEVELOPING MARITIMITY IN INDIA

Author: Keywords: Maritime History, India, India’s Maritime History, Maritime Identity, Maritime Consciousness, Maritime Awareness, Seapower   Understanding ‘Maritimity’ ‘Maritimity’ is a concept that has been evolved to highlight the deeper philosophical underpinnings, and historical roots, of the people’s affinity to the seas.[1]  It lies at the foundation of a collective’s maritime identity (here this collective would […]
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EXPLORING THE MARITIME SHAPING OF INDIAN GEOGRAPHY: PART 2 LINKING MARITIME MEMORY WITH MODERN UNDERSTANDING

Author: The preceding part of this two-part article examined the Mauryan Empire’s efforts to integrate coastal dominion into its imperial logic in order to expand its power.  It concluded that ancient Indian polities, although constrained by their technological and institutional limitations[1], nevertheless exercised a conscious and deliberate form of maritime agency.   The workings of the maritime […]
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EXPLORING THE MARITIME SHAPING OF INDIAN GEOGRAPHY: PART 1 THE EARLIEST SPATIAL AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH ANCIENT INDIAN POLITIES

Author: This article sheds light on the tangible influence of India’s maritime history on its geographical development and cultural blossoming, from antiquity to the present.  Tracing the distinct histories and spatial trajectories of two major seafaring Indian polities from the past— the Mauryans and the Cholas— this text attempts to reveal a persistent cultural continuum that […]
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INDO-GREEK MARITIME LINKAGES: PART 2 A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ANCIENT INDO-GREEK SOCIETIES

Author: This text serves as a continuation of a prior article, which examined the historical and cultural interplay between India and Greece— two civilisations with a well-documented history of maritime contact and significant intellectual exchange dating back to ancient times.  The earlier part explored avenues for leveraging the specific relationship between two societies.  By borrowing a […]
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INDIA-GREECE MARITIME LINKAGES: PART I LEVERAGING THE HISTORY OF TRADE BETWEEN INDO-GREEK

Author: The civilisational ties between India and Greece may be considered an organic consequence of the extensive maritime trade that has occurred between the two societies throughout history.  The expansion and integration of maritime networks acted as a catalyst for valuable interaction between — and the emulsification of — two great ancient cultures.  Numerous travellers, motivated […]
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BOOK REVIEW: THE GOLDEN ROAD: HOW ANCIENT INDIA TRANSFORMED THE WORLD

Author: William Dalrymple. Bloomsbury Publishing (London), 2024. 479 pages, ISBN: HB: 978-1-4088-6441-8, Rs 999 (Hardback) “The Golden Road—” has been authored by the esteemed British historian, William Dalrymple, who is widely recognised for his contribution to scholarship on South Asian history.  In this book, Dalrymple essentially focuses upon a certain phenomenon that spanned roughly a millennium […]
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BOOK REVIEW: “EMPIRES OF THE SEA: A HUMAN HISTORY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLD”

Author: Radhika Seshan. Pan Macmillan Publishing India Pvt Ltd, 2024. 236 Pages, ISBN: 978-93-90742-50-9, Rs 357 (Paperback) Radhika Seshan’s book, “Empire of the Seas: A Human History of the Indian Ocean World”, breaks new ground in the ongoing process of re-evaluation of Indian history, in that it attempts to augment this process through a specifically “maritime” […]
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THE CASE FOR INDIA’S SEAFARING LEGACY – ANCIENT INDIAN SHIPBUILDING

Author: Keywords: Maritime History, Indian Maritime History, Shipbuilding, Ancient Shipbuilding, Maritime Heritage The contemporary global shipbuilding industry has been shaped by epochal change on a near continuous basis.  Shipbuilding is itself a subset of the seafaring element of external merchandise trade.  Contemporary Indian society, particularly the Indian political, administrative, and industrial elite, remains woefully ignorant of […]
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INTERNATIONAL STRAITS OF RELEVANCE TO INDIA

Author: Abstract International straits, by way of geography—resulting in their reference as ‘choke points’—and function, are a crucial component of the maritime domain.  This is particularly true of the Indian Ocean Region within which India holds a prime position while being surrounded by ‘choke points’ on both its eastern and western seaboards.  While these choke points […]
  • Priyasha Dixit and Chemi Rigzin, “Seapower and India’s Maritime Legacy, in Maritime Perspectives 2025: Enhancing Maritime Consciousness, eds Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan and Ms Sruthylacshmi B Bhat (New Delhi: National Maritime Foundation, 2025), 11-22.”

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