The Stitched Ship Project: Legacy of Maritime History of BHARAT| Sanjeev Sanyal|
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this wonderful presentation from this event, held at 'IIT Delhi', we will find out how India has a five thousand years old maritime traditions involving trade, cultural exchange, exploration and naval campaigns on both coasts. These extended across the Indian Ocean and beyond. These voyages were undertaken on ships that were mostly built using a unique “STITCHED” technique. We have textual evidence and accounts from foreign travelers about the intricacies of the ship-building processes and the culture of maritime activities.
Together, let's engage in a thoughtful exploration where we will be able to understand what are the reasons for the decline of this technology? What did these ships look like? Are there any present-day surviving samples?
In this eye-opening presentation, we aim to comprehensively understand the importance of this project, so much so that the Govt. of India supported this project to revive this ancient culture generously. How is this project materialising? What are the steps? How is the execution? What is the future of the shipbuilding industry in India? To know the answers, don't miss out on this opportunity to gain valuable insights and foster meaningful dialogue. Hit that subscribe button and join the conversation as we navigate the ever-evolving landscape of global challenges.
About The Speaker:
Sanjeev Sanyal is an Economic Advisor to the Government of India. An internationally acclaimed economist and best-selling author, he spent two decades in the financial sector and was Global Strategist & Managing Director at Deutsche Bank till 2015. He was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010. He is also a well-known environmentalist and urban theorist. In 2007, he was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship for his work on urban dynamics. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University, an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore and a Senior Fellow of the World Wide Fund for Nature. He has also served on the Future City Sub-Committee of the Singapore government tasked with building a long-term vision for the city-state. He is an accomplished writer of many critically acclaimed books.
Topics Covered:
0:00:00 Ancient Bhartiya Maritime Excellence And The Ecosystem
0:01:07 Opening by Subir Kumar Singh, OIC, Naval Construction Wing, IITD
0:01:51 Introduction of the Speaker
0:03:26 Introduction to The Topic
0:03:48 Historical Perspective
0:07:36 The Unique Ship Building Technique by Bhartiya
0:09:14 Yukti Kalpataru: Textual Evidence of Maritime Activity
0:12:52 Accounts by Foreign Travellers
0:14:56 Corporatised Guilds to Build Ships & Financing From Temple Banks
0:16:48 Preferences of Stitched Ships Over Nailed Ones
0:18:28 Reason For Decline
0:19:30 What Did These Ships Look Like?
0:20:20 Present Day Surviving Samples
0:20:49 Aim of The Project
0:22:30 Other Countries That Used Ships Made In India
0:23:47 The Ancient Art of “Stitching” Ships: Materials Required
0:25:19 First Step of Building: Keel Laying
0:25:52 Second Step: Steaming & Shaping of Planks
0:26:32 Third Step: Creating The Outer Shell
0:27:04 Other Cultures That Used Stitched Ships
0:27:47 Fourth Step: IIXII Pattern of Stitching
0:28:15 Fifth Step: Retrofitting The Frame
0:28:53 Sixth Step: Waterproofing The Hull
0:29:22 Reconstruction of an Ancient Stitched Ship
0:30:09 Execution of The Project: Generous Support From The Govt.
0:39:54 Future Course to Steer
0:40:55 Projected Sea Trials: Kartik Purnima Festival
0:47:01 Concluding The Speech
0:47:29 Q&A Session
0:57:10 Inspiration For Indulge Into These Projects
1:02:34 Thoughts on The Future of The Ship Building Industry In India
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As a 76 yrs old ex Naval officer & later as a merchant mariner ,you have added an extra bit of self esteem ,in my outlook through your well researched Indian maritime history. Grateful thanks; best wishes & blessings to Dear Sanjeev ji .
He is 53 only.
@@gayatrigeetanjali2083he is referring to his own age & not about the age of the speaker.
The stitched ship is a tamilian water vessel called kattumaram .
That word is taken to english as catamaran !
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@@chanderseth4068 What do you mean ?
Sanjeev Sanyal carries on the Bhartiya spirit which his ancestor carried as revolutionaries, his light sparks the fire in the our hearts. I will be looking forward to the end of 2024 for the success of this project.
The Odiya(Kalinga) have achieved excellence in maritime trade. You can find traces throughout South East Asia. The island of Bali (Indonesia) has the same hindu tradition as per the current practice in odisha. And in Odisha they celebrate Bali jatra (voyage to Bali) every year.
And also in odisha we had a very old university as old as nalanda..named pushpagiri..a naval university. It is near my village in jajpur.
Hope odisha will progress and be wealthy got back to its original glory
@@deepblue3682 Original majority people of Odisha are still dark skinned dravidians in spite of their acquired indo aryan language !
Wow. Amazing. I am Tamilian. Studied about voyages to far east in sangam times.
Happy that we are exploring our past glory which can infuse confidence to the coming generation. Vande Matharam. ❤
Thank You Sanjeev Sanyal for taking us along another of your wonderful historical journeys through Indian (pre)history
Being third generation fisherman i have seen > 60 ft wooden boats build from nails and joint of wooden planks filled Gum Copal (Chandras) to avoid leaks . Which I believe is the portuguese technique. Interesting to know stitching technique from u sir .
These days boats are made up of fibre glass
There is a wooden ship building facility at Beypore Calicut. They too have expertise in ship building. In recent times they were building for Arabs .
Mr Sanjeev Sanyal, you are a real genius by recreating history... Hats off
The whole effort of documenting our maritime history with absolute hard facts is great to prove the prowess of ancient india and then stamp our dominance as it existed then.
I am amazed by Mr.Babu Shankaran knowledge and skill, I had watched him work on making new mast to replace the broken mast on Jewel of Musata in Sri Lanka
A big fan of Mr. Sanyal, trust we are able to build all the types of ships listed out by Raja Bhoj.
The various types of wood were used for building the ship. The poon wood, the teak from the balslar, the mango wood and many more. Sanjeev Sanyal is too good.
Sailed on the Jewel of Muscat across Bay of Bengal enduring cyclone Layala 2009, doing 11 kts speed. Most memorable experience of my life time.
Steam bending wood is the future... I practice a little of this steam bending for furniture. Amazing seminar , all the best for the build sir.
You are making us proud Mr. Sanyal.
remember as a child.
We had a country boat as my village was mostly water and waterways were like roads. All my relatives were accessible via boat.
Boats were made by tying plants of wood using high quality coir ropes (the one used for boats were thinner and more tightly wound). The seams were covered by coir fiber, overlaid with a layer of coir rope and then tightly tied using ropes.
Once the boat is complete, the whole thing is made water tight using a mixture of fish oil, a resin and Iron Oxide. The technique was the same for all boats from small ones to the huge snake boats.
Carpenters who worked on boats commanded higher wages compared to other carpenters or craftsmen.
No nail was ever used on the boat.
Thanks for bringing out this and your efforts
Great information can be part of our text books and Navy stations and museum's
Namaskaram 🙏🙏🙏, I hope this message reaches Sanjeev ji somehow. If anyone has access to him, please share this message with him. I think the stitched ship had three masts & sails for a very good technical reason. The middle mast would be the main holding the square sail and would catch the wind properly when it is in the southerly direction, as they come down from the north. The front mast & sail and the back mast & sail should be slightly angled in opposite directions to each other. Let's say an angle of 15-30%, the reason being this will allow the sailors to drop the middle sail; then use the front and back sail in tandem with the current to catch the sideway winds, as they change from time to time, in order to keep on propelling the ship in a forward direction. I hope this explanation makes sense. It doesn't make sense for all three mast & sails to be aligned in the same angle and it will be too cluttered and doesn't contribute significantly to anything. But by aligning each mast & sail in differing angles, it will definitely help to steer the ship properly. When the southerly winds change subtly, the different sails will pick it up and still keep the ship moving. I think it is important to keep the three masts & sails intact. Thank you. 🙏🙏🙏
WOW! INCREDIBLE POINT! REALLY SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOOKISH KNOWLEDGE AND ACTUAL KNOW HOW AS KNOWN ON GROUND BY THE ANCIENTS ! YUP, ANY CONTEMPORARY MODIFICATIONS TO THE DESIGNS AS LAID DOWN BY THE ONES WISER IS OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE SOMETHING OTHERWISE PROBLEMATIC AND SUBSTANDARD. VERY AWESOME POINT YOU SHARED ! 👌👌👍 LETS SEE IF IT REACHES THE RIGHT EARS. LOL.
Thanks for sharing this explanation here, Sir. I hope it reaches Sanyal Sir
why should we change the sails,it won't work
A wonderful evidenced based historical narrative together with an important case study that is taking shape right in front of our eyes. Sanyal ji is making us proud of our rich history and knowledge once again through his efforts. Congratulations! 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
All the Very Best, fantastic!!!
As a bengali when ever i see you i feel proud that one guy is at least left who is so proud of our culture from my community and working with the govt.
My God I heard him talking about stitched ship some where 2010 or earlier. At time he said he heard and don't know much about it. Today he actually making it. Wow so much hard work bring back Indian history and technology.
Superb. Marvelous project. Very informative video. Wishing Sanjeev all success in this historic project.
Bharats Detailed Ancient Knowledge
What a fascinating project to recreate our past, in order to explore, cherish the technology and to understand our ancient civilization better! Kudos!
What an amazing soul he is.
1:01:30 - he is referring to his grand uncle sachindra nath sanyal (a freedom fighter )
Fascinating ancient narrative and the ship project undertaken
Sangam talks thanks for your service and continuous knowledge.
It would be quite helpful if you also include references and links for books mentioned in the speeches in the description
I thought of miniature............... but love to see the huge one, I am awaiting to see it through my eyes
Good vlog.
Thank you ❤
The South Korean connection was with Tamilnadu specifically with Pandiya Dynasty
Thank you for this 🇮🇳🚩❤️🕉️
Interesting insights
India should patent this stitching technique. Nail make the shell more rigid, and breaks up in counter active forces, where as stitching offers flexibility.
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai.
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Kaara- Kaara- Kaara- Kaara- Kaara- Kaara- a vehicle that operates on ground and in water. (Rig Veda 9.14.1)
Tritala- Tritala- Tritala- Tritala- Tritala- Tritala- a vehicle consisting of three stories. (Rig Veda 3.14.1)
Trichakra Ratha - Trichakra Ratha - Trichakra Ratha - Trichakra Ratha - Trichakra Ratha - Trichakra Ratha - a three-wheeled vehicle designed to operate in the air. (Rig Veda 4.36.1)
Vaayu Ratha- Vaayu Ratha- Vaayu Ratha- Vaayu Ratha- Vaayu Ratha- Vaayu Ratha- a gas or wind-powered chariot. (Rig Veda 5.41.6)
Vidyut Ratha- Vidyut Ratha- Vidyut Ratha- Vidyut Ratha- Vidyut Ratha- a vehicle that operates on power. (Rig Veda 3.14.1).
Kathasaritsagara refers to highly talented woodworkers called Rajyadhara and Pranadhara. The former was so skilled in mechanical contrivances that he could make ocean crossing chariots. And the latter manufactured a flying chariot to carry a thousand passengers in the air. These chariots were stated to be as fast as thought itself.
(source: India Through The Ages: History, Art Culture and Religion - By G. Kuppuram p. 532-533)
Most powerful imaginations , but no truth !
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with the Naval force Tamil chola kings won Entire East Asian countries up to korea
still
in korean language with many tamil words
it shows the mighty power of Tamil cholas Naval power
but our indian history writters made a dark light on cholas History
Same done with gujarat it has a great history with powerful maharajas but you will not find a single name from any king of gujarat in history textbook which is hide by leftist writer's of bharat they have hidden history of great rulers from Gujarat and the great cholas from Tamil Nadu
Can we now stop mentioning things that have nothing to do with the video. This is about recreating stitched ships and not about recreating Chola navy.
YES, EVERYONE KNOWS HOW MURDEROUS THOSE TAMILS OF TODAY STILL ARE!! 😑😒 LOLS
Why were we not taught the history of India's AMAZING ship building technology & industry in school ??????????🤨😡
So that you might not be proud of and inspired by your rich past. Very essential for neo colonial forces to subdue India and Indians
GO THANK THE FAMILY OF YOUR ISLAMO COMMIE EDUCATION MINISTER NURR - UL- HASSAN ! THE FAT COBBLEPOT EDUCATION MINISTER THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD UNCLES VOTED FOR AS ONE OF THEIR " FAVOURITE " LEADERS " GOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY " !!!🤩, NOW COLLECTIVELY SITTING AND COUNTING VIRAT KOHLI'S BALLS IN THEIR LARD LADEN COUCHES AFTER HAVING THAT ACHIEVEMENT DONE AFTERALL !😑😒👎
so that we were mentally subdued and lack self esteem.
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षीरोदम् समतिक्रम्य ततो द्रक्ष्यथ वानराः || ४-४०-४७
जलोदम् सागरम् शीघ्रम् सर्व भूत भयावहम् |
In other words, it goes back past Mahabharata of 7K to Ramayana 14K back to RgVeda 21K years back… Namaskaram
" O royal skilled engineer, construct sea-boats, propelled on water by our experts, and airplanes, moving and flying upward, after the clouds that reside in the mid-region, that fly asthe boats move on the sea, that fly high over and below the watery clouds. Be thou, thereby, prosperous in this world created by the Omnipresent God, and flier in both air and lightning." (Yajur-veda 10.19).
Jai shree ganeshay namah 🙏🙏🙏
bengalis and oriyas were legendary navy merchants doing buisness with southeast asia for thousands of years
My observation maybe 2 separate issues, stitching & parallel channel structures.
If you would observe the underbelly pattern of a large humpback whale. I see similarity, may be our ancestors took hint from it and tried implementing it.
This may be more to do with fluid dynamics on submerged part of the hull underneath & along the Length of large floating body. Does that make it less wobbly, hence less sea sickness on wind driven long voyages, a practical problem.
Cricket leather ball if it were not stitched instead iron nails were used, would it be durable with constant beating from the ground and bat? Similarly I believe fiber stitched would instead wax and wane, fish resin oil will reduce friction & keep it rotting free. May be considering the knowhow then, the iron nail would slowly like a abrasive eat the wood with constant wave & collusion impact.
Hopefully our research folks working on this project may also keep this in mind while trying n simulating it.
24:20 Is 'kundroos' being referred to in this video, the same as Gond Kondru ? It's also called Shallaki Gum, an extract of the Boswellia serrata tree. Is this the correct information?
Other names include: Lubaan, Luban, Laban, Salai Dhoop, Salai Cha Deek, Indian Frankincense, Indian Olibanum, Arbre à encens de l’Inde, Weihrauch, Indischer Weihrauchbaum, Olibanum, Salai, Salai-guggul, Madimar, Chilakdupa, Maddi, Kundur, Kunduru, Kundur, Loban, Shallki, Salki, Shallaki
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Have you tried to repeat the CFD simulation using various wall roughness factors?
The way Tamil kings won the war to take over Singapore, when probably thougt impossible is what we need to leran in history
Fat ship may not be an issue. If the boat is motorized that is an issue. The fatness may actually be helpful in catching wind, current.
Ayyavole 500 guilds from karnataka were most strong rich powerfull sea traders in india.
Kholapur supplied the canvas cloth for the ships
Fascinating, Sanjeev. Please look into the dhows of Kachchh too.
Ohhh great..... Yes we are expert in marrytime activities... Do you know still our panjika ( I have seen Bengali one) mentions times when one shall start ship building activities
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Grateful 🙏
I came to know that ancient Indian ships were more durable and large in size which were dominant during that period later on when western people conquered India They banned ship building to avoid competition from our ship builders just like how Britishers killed our very skilled labour in many feild like arts, textile etc
Today's ships of whatever size could probably benefit using metal sails which can unfurl like blades! Wind power is not something to squaff at!
@Sanjeev Sanyal I am wondering if you have experimented with smaller models which will give Proof of Concept before embarking on larger ship project?
Today on 23 dec in 2023, 2 years before this voyage, this video has 59,000 views.
Just a personal note.
it must be very effective otherwise would not be used for thousands of years
RIP Vasco da Gama and Columbus!
Despite your Western education, you chose to be in Bharat and use your profound knowledge to dispel the ignorance of our own history in our country.
YES, WHICH IS ODD! VERY ODD INDEED FOR SOMEONE LIKE HIM, TO BE BACK AND THEN BE SO WELL ENTRENCHED IN THE INDIAN GOVERMENT TOO STRAIGHT UP LIKE THAT NOW ! 😑😒 WASN'T THAT WORLD BANK NAMED PRIVATE BANK MINION MANMOHAN SINGH, ALSO SENT TO INDIA WITH BULLSHIT LIKE DAT!??😒
Pls don't ignore rajendra chola's maritime exploits
Congress govt suppressed all ancient indic knowledge. My whole education was lie. Now learning true indic history.
Wuhan Allah
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❤ I want to do it but I can't use my phone to transfer my bank acc cash on line now due to my family
doesn't like me to get into cash transfer online...but I am trying to open a separate bank account soon hopefully. ..
❤God bless you all .
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need to include this in Merchant Navy syllabii in India ... most of it is outdated junk ... n "most" Indn Mariners hv v.little knwldge on such topics .. n mainly xtrmly few even seem bothered abt it 😢
cant blame youngsters .. its d elders .. gen by gen
Why the word “peculiar” ?
But sadly, no traveler ever travels from India to western countries.
kindly start using Bharath instead of INDIA
I beg to translate these videos in to Telugu language also.......
50:42 avoid watching such Hindu 🕉️ Apologist Stooges of Abbasi Khalifa - Kalnemi 🐍 Modi... 🤣🤣🤣
Modi govt has instilled senses of pride and inferiority.
I have been viewing TH-cam videos since 2023. Being a patriot, I watch particularly those that glorify Indian traditions, history. Today I was watching a video that showed the art of ship making using stitching as opposed to nails. The video was about a project sponsored by Modi government to recreate the history of Indian ship making. I was surprised that ancient Indians made ships 5000 thousand years back. The very sight of the vast ocean scares me. But my forefathers voyaged Southeast Asia, Arab, Greece in ships built by themselves. They had mastered the precision of metallurgy. In the absence of motorized ships, they even had to utilize the weather pattern, the oceanic current. The ship’s structure and shape had to be aligned with the seabed of Asia.
I am filled with pride that my forefathers were such great engineers and entrepreneurs. At the beginning of the video the speaker told that the objective of the Indian government project was to instill a sense of pride in Indians about their history. And that it did at least to me. What am I? Am I born to be a mere worker? Just reading a few textbooks, pass a few exams and work? It’s not me only. There are many Indians of these days who are happy to be workers. Where did we change the course of our voyage from such a glory to such a menial one?
Calling Ganga as gangage is itself is a person in denial
There are ample evidences to prove that bharath was the treasure of knowledge before muslim invasions. Now we are struggling to fight back terrorism.
Can u make such an interesting topic any more boring!!!😢
You must be going after the Castes that were involved in this Profession & make use of our Infamoused caste system...
To know if they have any knowledge today.. Some may not be Bonafide.. I know Brits had banned it since 1860...
Vascodagama has said he was assisted by traders from Gujrat who had ships 50 times his biggest ever ship of Europe.... So stiched ship must be not as Damp Squib as ppl JUST inagine..
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