A painting of a “merchant ship” at Ajanta Cave No. 17, indicating sea trade during the fifth century, inspired the Indian Navy’s traditionally built stitched vessel INSV Kaundinya, an expert has said.

The Indian Navy on Wednesday inducted INSV Kaundinya, a recreation of a fifth-century vessel, named in honour of legendary Indian mariner Kaundinya, who once sailed across the Indian Ocean to ...

inspired by a painting from the Ajanta Caves," a Navy spokesperson said on Tuesday. Shekhawat, in a post on X, termed the induction of the traditionally-built stitched ship as akin to "rewriting ...

New Delhi: The Indian Navy on Wednesday formally inducted and named the ancient, stitched ship as Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Kaundinya at a ceremonial event held at Naval Base, Karwar. reports ...

Story continues below this ad The ‘stitched ship’, modelled on a 5th Century ship depicted in a painting in the Ajanta caves, has been recreated using ... But the ships of that period looked like what ...

Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Stories of merchants are notably absent in Brahmin scriptures but are widespread in ...

The Indian Navy will soon induct a unique, traditionally-built ship. This ship is a recreation of a fifth ... inspired by a painting from the Ajanta Caves," Its construction was carried out entirely ...

If we are chucked out, we will be having to rely on the state. ‘We would not have gone on and built this and put all our money into it unless we thought it was totally legal to do it.’ ...