It Was During This Time That We Find The Influx Of New Population Viz., The Muslims And Europeans Into The Orissan Society. A Mass Of Interesting Information On Life And Manners Of The People Is Presented In This Work.

The BookUrbanisation Forms An Important Branch Of Historical Studies In Recent Times. UrbanCnetres Have Always Been Considered The Nucleus Of Human Civilization And CultureHistory Is No Longer A Mere Study Of The Events Of The Past But Its Scope Has Widened Along With Discoveries Of New Inscriptions And Excavations Of New Sites In DifferentParts Of Orissa, The Hitherto Neglected Areas Like Socio-Economic, Trade, Trade-RoutesAnd Urban Centres Have Slowly Come Into Focus In Recent Writings. This Book Serve AsA Unique Guide To Early Trade And Urban Centres Of Orissa.

Revision of part of the author's M. Phil. thesis and two seminar papers, all submitted to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

This book attempts to reintegrate women into the socio-political milieu of early medieval Orissa. Its sources are inscriptions, mostly Sanskrit, that date from the seventh century to the end of the reign of the Imperial Ganga ruler, Anantavarman Codagangadeva (CE 1078-1147). The evidence indicates that royal and non-royal women had varying but undeniably important roles to play in the socio-political fabric of this prominent regional entity. The Bhauma-Kara dynasty (c. mid-eighth/ninth-late tenth century) that witnessed the rule of six women, four of them in succession, is a case in point. In addition, the palpable presence of several other royal and non-royal women is consistently documented in the epigraphic record. This is an aspect that has received very little attention in secondary works, thereby rendering this study a pioneering one. The work follows on from Rangachari’s earlier Invisible Women, Visible Histories: Gender, Polity and Society in North India (7th to 12th century ad), which had focused on important gendered aspects of early medieval north India through an analysis of literary and epigraphic sources of Kashmir, Kanauj, Bengal and Bihar. The invisibilization of women, whereby their presence is routinely ignored or trivialized, was, similarly, its underlying essence. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Historical knowledge could be a guide to understand the present and shape our future also. An important aspect of this book is to critically analyze the culture of Odisha. This book is to outline the emergence of Islam and its role on various aspects of Odishan way of life, of course, Odisha has been home of different tradition and customs from generation. With the entry of Islam, there were noticeable changes occurred in Odishan society, religion, historiography, art, architecture, painting, language, maritime trade and commercial intercourse. The culture of Odisha is full of continuity and enrichments. The history of Odisha during the post-Islamic involvement is a portrayal of reconciliation between the Hindus and the Muslims on various field. ln this book eighteen chapters have been dealt which are culturally associate with odisha. The cultural fusion of Odisha has been critically emphasized here.