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
The environmental context ΙΟ | 10 |
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 |
| 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 |
The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States F. R. Allchin No preview available - 1995 |
The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States F. R. Allchin No preview available - 1995 |
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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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