CONTENTS: Foreword-Yadubir Singh Rawat, Acknowledgements, Introduction-Janhwij Sharma, * Mausam: Moving towards a Thematic Framework and Nomination Strategy-Shikha Jain and Somya Johri, * Ports Navigation and Shipping Technology Mausam: A Meteorological Understanding-D R Pattanaik, * Early Trade Routes from Africa to South East Asia: Evidences of Roman Coin Finds in Asia-S Suresh, * Maritime Archaeology: Earliest Commercial Interactions Maritime Trade and Harappan Civilization: Probable Genesis and Emerging Perspectives-V N Prabhakar, * Recent Archaeological Finds as Gangaikondacholapuram and other sites in Tamil Nadu: Their Bearing on South India-South East Asia Links-S Vasanthi, * Economic Trade along the Indian Ocean Rim Early Buddhism and Trade in Maritime Asia: South East India and South East Asia-Sunil Kumar Patnaik, * Transregional Trajectories: Shaping of the Interlocking Trading Networks across the Indian Ocean Rim-Chhaya Goswami, * Ports of Gujarat-At the Confluence of Diverse Networks-Susan Mishra, * Ancient Seaports of Tamil Nadu and Their Maritime Trade Network-D Dayalan, * Cultural Contacts: Exchanges/Interchange across the Indian Ocean Region Unveiling the Tapestry of India-ASEAN Cultural Legacy: Embracing Shared Ethos and Addressing Common Challenges-Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy, * Seafaring and The Port City: Recent Archaeological Investigations at Ancient Bhrigukaccha (Roman Barygaza) in Western India-Madhulika Samanta, * Elements of Continuity: The 'Dark Age' and the Indian Food Trade with the Western Indian Ocean (2000 BCE.-400CE)-Sunil Gupta, * Naval Expeditions and Diplomatic Activities of the Cholas in the Asia-Pacific and the Indian Ocean Regions-V Selvakumar, * Intangible Cultural Heritage Links and Exchanges across the Indian Ocean Forgotten Indian Heritage of Persian Gulf Coastline: A Survey of Lesser Known Evidences from Southern Iran-Abhay Kumar Singh, * Navigating Faith: A Study of Gendered Practices across Time and Space-Garima Kaushik, * Defining Attributes for World Heritage Transnational Nomination and Identification of Sites across the Indian Ocean India's Approach towards the World Heritage Convention and Introduction to Project Mausam-Janhwij Sharma and Kanchan Lata Rai, * Bharat (India) and World Heritage-Madan Singh Chouhan, Gajanan Katade and Abhey Kumar, * Project Mausam and the Cultural Conventions of UNESCO-Ritika Khanna, * A Report on the Interactive Session with the Ambassadors on 08.10.2022, as a sequel to the Jaladhipurayatra Conference, Select Bibliography, Profile of Contributors, Index.