TY - GEN AU - Singh Upinder TI - Idea of Ancient India: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Archaeology SN - 9780143461531 U1 - 934 SIN PY - 2016/// CY - Gurugram PB - Vintage Books KW - Archaeology and religion-India KW - Sacred space-India KW - India-Intellectual life KW - Archaeology-Political Aspects-India N2 - 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 ER -