Ancient India New Research

by Singh, Upinder; Lahiri, Nayanjot

• ISBN13: 9780198068303
• ISBN10: 0198068301
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This volume brings together new writings on different aspects of ancient Indian history like gender, archaeology, religion, landscapes, and literature. The contributors, mostly bright young scholars come from fields like history, archaeology, literary studies, and anthropology. They underlineimportant methodological advances in the interpretation of literary and archaeological sources and in raising new and creative historical questions. Together they generate a unique, fresh dialogue, discussion and debate among scholars working within the field of ancient Indian history. The introduction written by Upinder Singh and Nayanjot Lahiri not only surveys the new writings but also raises important questions confronting ancient Indian history today.

Author Biography

Upinder Singh is Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi. Nayanjot Lahiri is professor, Department of History, University of Delhi.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables and Appendices	p. xii
Preface and Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction
Artefacts and Antiquities in Bengal: Some Perspectives Within an Emerging Non-official Archaeological Sphere	p. 11
On the Surface Things Appear to be Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Delhi Ridge	p. 39
Human-Plant Interactions in the Middle Gangetic Plains: An Archaeobotanical Perspective(From the Mesolithic up to c. Third Century BC)	p. 71
Landscapes of Life and Death: Considering the Region of Vidarbha	p. 124
Of Death and Fertility: Landscapes and Heroism in Ancient South India	p. 174
Religious Coexistence in Gujarat: Second/Third Century to Eighth Century AD	p. 205
Terracottas from Mathura and Ahichchhatra: An Archaeological Study (400 Bc to Seventh/Eighth Century AD)	p. 231
Pleasure and Culture: Reading Urban Behaviour through Kavya Archetypes	p. 254
Gender Relations in Early medieval Kashmir	p. 282
Notes on Contributors	p. 305
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