Religion, landscape and material culture in pre-modern South Asia

Web Site CiNii Available at 1 libraries

Bibliographic Information

Title
"Religion, landscape and material culture in pre-modern South Asia"
Statement of Responsibility
edited by Tilottama Mukherjee and Nupur Dasgupta
Publisher
  • Routledge
Publication Year
  • 2023
Book size
24 cm
Series Name / No
  • : hbk

Search this Book/Journal

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "This book highlights emerging trends and new themes in South Asian history. It covers issues broadly related to religion, materiality and nature from differing perspectives and methods to offer a kaleidoscopic view of Indian history until the late eighteenth century. The essays in the volume focus on understanding questions of premodern religion, material culture processes and their spatial and environmental contexts through a study of networks of commodities and cultural and religious landscapes. From the early history of coastal regions such as Gujarat and Bengal to material networks of political culture, from temples and their connection with maritime trade to the importance of landscape in influencing temple-building, from regions considered peripheral to mainstream historiography to the development of religious sects, this collection of articles maps the diverse networks and connections across regions and time. ... "

Related Books

See more

Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1130019890131730326
  • NII Book ID
    BD08398879
  • ISBN
    9780367536503
  • LCCN
    2022044289
  • Web Site
    https://lccn.loc.gov/2022044289
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    en
  • Place of Publication
    • Abingdon
  • Classification
  • Data Source
    • CiNii Books
Back to top