"Lothal Dock" first dock of world : it's a prominent dock in indus valley civilization. .It was a vital and thriving trade centre in ancient times, Mauryans were the first attested attempt to organize a navy in India and used to send massive diplomatic missions to Greece, Syria, Egypt, Cyrene, Macedonia and Epirus this is latest picture and it destroyed. Now this dock is come under in indian monument preservation, not used this days. For architect reference "in paragraph: dock and warehouse" = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothal and other thing I have'nt found any photo of old India docks don't use woods like foreign country, but they are made of stone stairs and big ships stops beside the dock.