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Sanjay Subrahmanyam is an Indian historian of the early modern period whose research connects the histories of South Asia, Europe, and the wider Indian Ocean world. He is associated with the method of connected histories, which examines interactions and shared processes across political and cultural boundaries; his work includes studies of the Portuguese presence in Asia and early modern commerce, diplomacy, and empire.
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What does Sanjay Subrahmanyam mean by connected histories?
Connected histories study regions through their interactions rather than treating Europe, South Asia, and the Islamic world as separate stories. Subrahmanyam follows merchants, diplomats, soldiers, texts, and political ideas across those boundaries.
Which book by Sanjay Subrahmanyam focuses on Portuguese Asia?
The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500-1700: A Political and Economic History was published in 1993. It examines Portuguese power through Asian political economies and local relationships, not only through Portuguese imperial records. [UCLA bibliography](https://history.ucla.edu/person/sanjay-subrahmanyam/)
Why is Sanjay Subrahmanyam important to global history?
He showed that early modern globalization was made through encounters among many empires, ports, communities, and languages. His method challenges histories that treat European expansion as a one-way process.
What is Explorations in Connected History?
Explorations in Connected History: From the Tagus to the Ganges, published in 2005, collects essays that connect Iberian, South Asian, and wider Indian Ocean histories. The title itself points to the geographic range of his method.
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