Editorial Introduction

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Sketch of a ship based on a mural in Ajanta Caves, ca. 6th century

Crafting the Divine Ship: Understanding Indigenous Shipbuilding Practices through Performative Traditions

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Knowledge without Borders: Epistemic Communities, Dialogically Engaged Discursive Tradition, and the Transmission of Islamic Scholarship in the Eastern Indian Ocean World: Connections between Southeast and Western Asia

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In Conversation: Alastair McClure on Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857-1922

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