The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and StatesCambridge University Press, 1995 M09 7 - 371 pages 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. |
Contents
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 |
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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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Achaemenid Ahicchatra Allahabad district Allchin ancient Anuradhapura appears Archaeological Survey architecture Arikamedu Arthasastra Aryan Asokan ASW2 Bhir mound Bhita Black and Red Brahmi brick 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 evidence excavations fortified Ganga Ganges valley Gangetic Gujarat Harappan hectares ibid identified important 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 river Satavahana script second century BC settlement hierarchy Sirkap Sisupalgarh social South Asia Sri Lanka stone structure stupa subcontinent suggests Taxila terracotta trade Ujjain Vaisali wall