Cross-Cultural Interactions and the Making of Early Modern Ponnani, South-West Malabar Coast
Keywords:
Ponnani, Zamorins, Makhdums, Mysore Sultans, European mercantile NetworksAbstract
Ponnani was a significant entrepôt of the Zamorin’s kingdom and an active participant in the Indian Ocean religious network. The cultural diversity and interconnections of Ponnani reflected the socio-political structure of Ponnani between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. During the early modern, Ponnani encountered different cultures and became complementary and integrated through various social patterns and political-economic-religious discourses. Long-distance overland and foreign trade interactions influenced the social formation of Ponnani, and trade networks paved the way for intermingling different cultures in Ponnani. This paper aims to examine the long-term trends in the cross-cultural interactions that shaped early modern Ponnani, the nature of cultural interaction, and changes in cultural patterns over time.
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