The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and StatesCities 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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Contents
List of figures page | 2 |
Acknowledgements xvi | 4 |
The environmental context | 10 |
ethnicity and the rise of Late Vedic | 75 |
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 |
| 342 | |
| 358 | |
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The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States F. R. Allchin,George Erdosy No preview available - 1995 |
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The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States F. R. Allchin No preview available - 1995 |
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Achaemenid Ahicchatra Allahabad district Allchin ancient Anuradhapura appears architecture Arthasastra Aryan Asokan ASW2 Bhir mound Bhita Black and Red Brahmi Buddhist capital central centre Chalcolithic chapter coinage complex context copper Deccan Deraniyagala Dhavalikar discussion Doab earlier earliest Early Historic city Early Historic period emergence Erdosy ethnic example excavations fortified Ganga Ganges valley Gangetic Gujarat Harappan hectares ibid identified important India Indo-Aryan Indo-Greek Indus inscriptions Iron Age janapada Kausambi Kautilya Kharosthi king Kusana language Late Vedic later major material culture Mathura Mauryan period millennium BC monumental northwest Pataliputra Patna phase pillars plains political population post-Mauryan pottery probably punchmarked coins Punjab radiocarbon dates Rajgir rampart Red ware referred region represent river Satavahana script second century BC second millennium settlement hierarchy Sirkap Sisupalgarh society South Asia Sri Lanka stone structure stupa subcontinent suggests Taxila terracotta trade Ujjain wall
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| Title | The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States, Frank Raymond Allchin |
| Authors | F. R. Allchin, George Erdosy |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0521376955, 9780521376952 |
| Length | 371 pages |
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