The publication presents studies by noted scholars on the history of India from the early Harappan times to the present day. With reference to research and findings in archaeology, epigraphy, literature, numismatics, iconography and ethnography, the studies discuss evolution of proto-historic and later historical settlements, role of gender, class and caste in agricultural production in early North India, Ashoka’s Dhamma, the cult of stupa architecture, ...
History of Pilgrimage in Ancient India AD 300-1200
The book outlines the origin and development of the practice of pilgrimage in India between AD 300 and 1200 and draws extensively on epigraphic and literary data particularly the Puranic corpus to delineate the growing popularity of the ritual, spatially and chronologically. Viewing religion as part of the social process, it seeks to explore linkages between new religious trends and changes taking place in the material conditions of life. Although there are a few ...
