著者名：

Singh, Upinder

出版元：

Penguin Random House India

冊数：

xlviii,513p photos. pap.

刊行年：

2023(16)

ISBN：

9780143461531

India Civilization -- Archaeology -- History

How can the complexities of ancient India be comprehended?
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.

I. Contextualizing inscriptions --
Sanchi : the history of the patronage of an ancient Buddhist establishment --
Nagarjunakonda : Buddhism in the "City of Victory" --
Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC to AD 200) --
Early medieval Orissa : the data and the debate --
II. Archaeologists and the modern histories of ancient sites --
Archaeologists and architectural scholars in 19th century India --
Amaravati : the dismembering of the Mahacaitya (1797-1886) --
Buddhism, archaeology, and the nation : Nagarjunakonda (1926-2006) --
Exile and return : the reinvention of Buddhism and Buddhist sites in modern India --
III. The intersection of political ideas and practice --
Governing the state and the self : political philosophy and practice in the edicts of Asoka --
Politics, violence, and war in Kamandaka's Nitisara --
The power of a poet : kingship, empire, and war in Kalidasa's Raghuvaṃśa --
IV. Looking beyond India to Asia --
Gifts from other lands : Southeast Asian religious endowments in India --
Politics, piety, and patronage : the Burmese engagement with Bodhgaya.

No.

53022

価格：

3,320円