| From Harappa to Hastinapura: A Study of the Earliest South Asian City and Civilization Contributor(s): Eltsov, Piotr (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004160604 ISBN-13: 9789004160606 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $76.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2008 Annotation: This volume revisits the controversial issues of continuity and great tradition in protohistoric and early historic south Asia from a novel and provocative analytical perspective. It investigates the phenomena of the city and civilization in Bronze and Iron Age south Asia from the point of view of archaeology and ancient Indian literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Dewey: 934 |
| Series: American School of Prehistoric Research Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 8.22" W x 10.25" (2.34 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book redefines the concepts of the city and civilization in the Harappan and early historic south Asia, using archaeological data and ancient Indian texts. In contrast to previous studies, it approaches texts not as sources of factual information, but as sources of abstract ideas that can be used in the analyses of archaeological data. The main themes discussed throughout the book are: the use of ancient texts in the analysis of archaeological data; the ideas of the city and a complex society in ancient Indian literature; and the ideas of the city and civilization in the Harappan and Gangetic south Asia. Important to all interested in ancient south Asia, this book revisits controversial issues, such as the historicity of ancient Indian literature, the idea of the ancient Indian civilization and the continuity between the Harappan and Ganges cultures. The book is illustrated with plans of ancient south Asian cities and photos of some archaeological sites. |