The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States

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Cambridge University Press, 07 սեպ, 1995 թ. - 371 էջ
Cities and states developed in South Asia between c. BC 800 and AD 250, as Hinduism and Buddhism arose and spread. Drawing on archaeological studies and also on texts and inscriptions, this book explores the character of the early Indian cities, paying particular attention to their art and architecture and analyzing the political ideas that shaped the state systems. The study extends to the opening centuries of the Christian era, offering an Indian perspective on the contacts with the Greek and Roman worlds that followed the invasion by Alexander the Great.
 

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The end of Harappan urbanism and its legacy
26
Language culture and the concept of ethnicity
41
Dark Age or continuum? An archaeological analysis of the second
54
ethnicity and the rise of Late Vedic
75
City states of North India and Pakistan at the time of the Buddha
99
Early cities and states beyond the Ganges Valley
123
The rise of cities in Sri Lanka
152
IO The Mauryan state and empire
187
Mauryan architecture and art
222
PostMauryan states of mainland South Asia c BC 185AD 320
274
concluding synthesis
329
Bibliography
342
Index
358
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