Inscribing Identities, Proclaiming Piety - Singh, Snigdha
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Inscribing Identities, Proclaiming Piety: Exploring Recording Practices in Early Historic India focuses on votive inscriptions from the second century BCE to the second century CE found in four areas: Bharhut, Sanchi, the Western Ghats and Mathura. In Barhut and Sanchi, votive inscriptions have been found on the architecture of the stūpas and in Mathura on statues, while they have been found in caves and tanks along the Western Ghats.

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Inscribing Identities, Proclaiming Piety: Exploring Recording Practices in Early Historic India focuses on votive inscriptions from the second century BCE to the second century CE found in four areas: Bharhut, Sanchi, the Western Ghats and Mathura. In Barhut and Sanchi, votive inscriptions have been found on the architecture of the stūpas and in Mathura on statues, while they have been found in caves and tanks along the Western Ghats.
Autorenporträt
Snigdha Singh is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Miranda House, University of Delhi. Her research interests include gender relations represented in inscriptions and visual sources, with a special focus on the early historic period. She has co-authored two books: Beyond the Woman Question: Reconstructing Gender Identities in Early India (2018) and 'Waters' of Western Rajasthan: Myth, Tradition, Life and Livelihood (2020).