Negotiating Cultural Identity

Landscapes in Early Medieval South Asian History
Herausgeber: Ray, Himanshu Prabha

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book draws on research by archaeologists, numismatists and historians on the social and cultural construction of landscapes in India. It deals with the perception, use and representation of the landscape as an essential dimension of life in the early medieval period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9780815373124
• ISBN-10: 0815373120
• Artikelnr.: 50332877

Autorenporträt

Himanshu Prabha Ray is Chairperson, National Monuments Authority, New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Himanshu Prabha Ray Part I: The Archaeology of Space 1. India
Cartographica: Some Roman Sightings 2. Cartography and Cultural Encounter:
Conceptualisation of al-Hind by Arabic and Persian Writers from the 9th to
11th Centuries CE 3. Self, Other and the Use and Appropriation of Late
Roman Coins in Peninsular India (4th to 7th centuries CE) Part II: Defining
Cultural Landscapes 4. Sacred Spaces of the Middle Ganga Valley: A Case
Study of Varanasi 5. Transforming the Landscape: Questions of Medieval
Reuse and Worship at Ancient Jain Rock-cut Sites near Madurai 6. Of
Saffron, Snow and Spirituality: Glimpses of Cultural Geography in the
Rajatarangini 7. Space for Change: Evaluating the 'Paucity of Metallic
Currency' in Medieval India 8. Colonial Imagination and Identity
Attribution: Numismatic Cues for Defining Space 9. Shrines as 'Monuments':
Issues of Classification, Custody and Conflict in Orissa