Idea of Ancient India: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Archaeology
Singh Upinder
Idea of Ancient India: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Archaeology - Gurugram Vintage Books 2016
This book draws on a vast array of texts, inscriptions, archaeology, archival sources and art to delve into themes such as the history of regions and religions, archaeologists and the modern histories of ancient sites, the interface between political ideas and practice, violence and resistance, and the interactions between the Indian subcontinent and the wider world. It highlights recent approaches and challenges in reconstructing South Asia’s early history, and in doing so, brings out the exciting complexities of ancient India.
Authoritative and incisive, this revised Penguin edition-with two new chapters-is essential reading for students and scholars of ancient Indian history and for all those interested in India’s past.
9780143461531
Archaeology and religion-India
Sacred space-India
India-Intellectual life
Archaeology-Political Aspects-India.
934 SIN
Idea of Ancient India: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Archaeology - Gurugram Vintage Books 2016
This book draws on a vast array of texts, inscriptions, archaeology, archival sources and art to delve into themes such as the history of regions and religions, archaeologists and the modern histories of ancient sites, the interface between political ideas and practice, violence and resistance, and the interactions between the Indian subcontinent and the wider world. It highlights recent approaches and challenges in reconstructing South Asia’s early history, and in doing so, brings out the exciting complexities of ancient India.
Authoritative and incisive, this revised Penguin edition-with two new chapters-is essential reading for students and scholars of ancient Indian history and for all those interested in India’s past.
9780143461531
Archaeology and religion-India
Sacred space-India
India-Intellectual life
Archaeology-Political Aspects-India.
934 SIN
