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Author |
: Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya |
Publisher |
: Anthem Press |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781843311324 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1843311321 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Studying Early India by : Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya
A focal study of the methodological changes that confront historians of pre-colonial India.
Author |
: Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya |
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Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1245817607 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Studying Early India by : Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya
Author |
: B. D. Chattopadhyaya |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 2018-08-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781438471761 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1438471769 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Concept of Bharatavarsha and Other Essays by : B. D. Chattopadhyaya
This collection explores what may be called the idea of India in ancient times. Its undeclared objective is to identify key concepts which show early Indian civilization as distinct and differently oriented from other formations. The essays focus on ancient Indian texts within a variety of genres. They identify certain key terms—such as janapada, desa, varṇa, dharma, bhāva—in their empirical contexts to suggest that neither the ideas embedded in these terms nor the idea of Bharatavarsha as a whole are "given entities," but that they evolved historically. Professor Chattopadhyaya examines these texts to unveil historical processes. Without denying comparative history, he stresses that the internal dynamics of a society are best decoded via its own texts. His approach bears very effectively on understanding ongoing interactions between India's "Great Tradition" and "Little Traditions." As a whole, this book is critical of the notion of overarching Indian unity in the ancient period. It punctures the retrospective thrust of hegemonic nationalism as an ideology that has obscured the diverse textures of Indian civilization. Renowned for his scholarship on the ancient Indian past, Professor Chattopadhyaya's latest collection only consolidates his high international reputation.
Author |
: Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya |
Publisher |
: Pearson Education India |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 8131719588 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788131719589 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Social History of Early India by : Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya
Contributed seminar papers.
Author |
: Lewis Rowell |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 428 |
Release |
: 2015-12-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226730349 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226730344 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Music and Musical Thought in Early India by : Lewis Rowell
Offering a broad perspective of the philosophy, theory, and aesthetics of early Indian music and musical ideology, this study makes a unique contribution to our knowledge of the ancient foundations of India's musical culture. Lewis Rowell reconstructs the tunings, scales, modes, rhythms, gestures, formal patterns, and genres of Indian music from Vedic times to the thirteenth century, presenting not so much a history as a thematic analysis and interpretation of India's magnificent musical heritage. In Indian culture, music forms an integral part of a broad framework of ideas that includes philosophy, cosmology, religion, literature, and science. Rowell works with the known theoretical treatises and the oral tradition in an effort to place the technical details of musical practice in their full cultural context. Many quotations from the original Sanskrit appear here in English translation for the first time, and the necessary technical information is presented in terms accessible to the nonspecialist. These features, combined with Rowell's glossary of Sanskrit terms and extensive bibliography, make Music and Musical Thought in Early India an excellent introduction for the general reader and an indispensable reference for ethnomusicologists, historical musicologists, music theorists, and Indologists.
Author |
: P. K. Basant |
Publisher |
: Primus Books |
Total Pages |
: 382 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789380607153 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9380607156 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The City and the Country in Early India by : P. K. Basant
The City and the Country in Early India: A Study of Malwa is about the emergence of urban centres in the sixth century bce, and analyses the processes and spatiality of urbanization, taking Malwa as its case study. Earlier research on urbanism has focussed on either literary or archaeological sources. While literary sources tend to locate the agency for change exclusively in preachers and rulers, in archaeology, the forces of change become nameless and faceless. The study of inscriptions from Malwa helps in restoring agency to common people. The beginnings of urbanism are to be found in the pre-literate past, and, therefore, require an analysis of archaeological data. Using insights from anthropology and studies of early states, in the first half of the book an attempt has been made to look for new ways to account for urbanization. The second half of the book tries to understand the process of urbanization by examining epigraphic and literary sources. The process of the emergence of urban centres created new forms of division of space: urban centres were surrounded by villages which in turn were surrounded by wilderness. This book tries to recover the histories of their complex interrelations. Since caste and kinship are considered central to the world of Indian sociology, an attempt has also been made to understand the relationships between caste, kinship and urbanism. Changes in the attitude of the literati towards the city and the country have also been examined.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 350 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9992296399 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789992296394 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mlecchas in Early India by :
Author |
: Hartmut Scharfe |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 372 |
Release |
: 2018-11-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789047401476 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9047401476 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Education in Ancient India by : Hartmut Scharfe
This is the first comprehensive survey of all aspects of education in India, both in the oral and written traditions. Chronologically it covers everything from the Vedic period upto the Hindu kingdoms before the establishment of Muslim rule. If relevant, the reader will regularly find sidesteps to modern continuities. The role of the oral tradition and the techniques of memorization are discussed, the education in small private tutorials and the development of large monasteries and temple schools approaching university character. Professional training, the role of the teacher and of foreign languages are dealt with, and the impact of the peculiar features of Indian education on Indian society. The full documentation facilitates quick access to the original sources scholarly literature on Indian education. A true reference work.
Author |
: Hani Khafipour |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 1103 |
Release |
: 2019-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231547840 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231547846 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Empires of the Near East and India by : Hani Khafipour
In the early modern world, the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires sprawled across a vast swath of the earth, stretching from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The diverse and overlapping literate communities that flourished in these three empires left a lasting legacy on the political, religious, and cultural landscape of the Near East and India. This volume is a comprehensive sourcebook of newly translated texts that shed light on the intertwined histories and cultures of these communities, presenting a wide range of source material spanning literature, philosophy, religion, politics, mysticism, and visual art in thematically organized chapters. Scholarly essays by leading researchers provide historical context for closer analyses of a lesser-known era and a framework for further research and debate. The volume aims to provide a new model for the study and teaching of the region’s early modern history that stands in contrast to the prevailing trend of examining this interconnected past in isolation.
Author |
: Anant Sadashiv Altekar |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 386 |
Release |
: 1934 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1129471558 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Education in Ancient India by : Anant Sadashiv Altekar