India, the Portuguese and Maritime Interactions is the outcome of the 14th International Seminar on Indo-Portuguese History held at New Delhi. The two volumes together cover major domains of history where the nature of Indo-Portuguese interactions brought in new types of meanings, perceptions and orientations, and examine the nuances of these interactions, addressing the complexities of the very varied subsystems that got woven around the Indian Ocean over a period of more than five centuries. The second volume offers an in-depth study of such varied themes and aspects as conflicts and compromise in the realms of religion, community life and identity-assertion processes. It analyses the recasting of the sense of the past; domains of language and literary culture; food traditions and artistic expressions; performative arts and theatrical culture.