A history of ancient and early medieval India: from the Stone Age to the 12th century
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PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, AND FIGURES XII
ABOUT THE AUTHOR XVI
PREFACE XVII
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS XX
A READER S GUIDE XXIII
INTRODUCTION: IDEAS OF THE EARLY INDIAN
PAST 2
THE MAIN PHYSIOGRAPHIC ZONES OF THE SUBCONTINENT 3
WAYS OF DIVIDING THE INDIAN PAST 4
CHANGING INTERPRETATIONS OF EARLY INDIAN HISTORY 7
NEW HISTORIES, UNWRITTEN HISTORIES 9
1
UNDERSTANDING LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SOURCES 12
READING ANCIENT TEXTS FROM A HISTORICAL POINT
OF VIEW 13
3
ANCIENT PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS H
THE CLASSIFICATION OF LITERARY SOURCES: LANGUAGE, GENRE,
AND CONTENT 16
THEVEDAS N
THE TWO SANSKRIT EPICS: THE RAMAYANA AND MAHABHARATA IS
S ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE MAHABHARATA 20
THE CHRONOLOGICAL LAYERS IN THE RAMAYANA 2
THE PURANAS 21
THE DHARMASHASTRA 22
S
THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE DHARMASHASTRA 24
BUDDHIST LITERATURE 24
* SONGS OF BUDDHIST NUNS 25
JAINA LITERATURE 26
SANGAM LITERATURE AND LATER TAMIL WORKS 21
* THE STORIES OF THE TWO TAMIL EPICS 28
EARLY KANNADA AND TELUGU LITERATURE 29
OTHER ANCIENT TEXTS, BIOGRAPHIES, AND HISTORIES 29
* BANABHATTA AND HIS ROYAL BIOGRAPHY 31
THE NATURE OF ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORICAL TRADITIONS M
THE ACCOUNTS OF FOREIGN WRITERS 32
AL-BIRUNI ON THE WRITING OF THE HINDUS 33
ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE EARLY INDIAN PAST 34
SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES IN ARCHAEOLOGY 37
* RADIOCARBON DATING 38
INTERPRETING ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 39
ETHNO-ARCHAEOLOGY 40
* THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGY 4}
PROTECTING SITES 42
EPIGRAPHY: THE STUDY OF INSCRIPTIONS 42
ANOENT AND EARLY MEDIEVAL SCRIPTS 42
LANGUAGES OF ANCIENT AND EARLY MEDIEWU. INSCRIPTIONS 43
- DECIPHERED AND UNDECIPHERED SCRIPTS 44-45
DATING THE INSCRIPTIONS 46
HOW TO CONVERT ANCIENT ERA DALES INTO MODERN ONES 47
THE CLASSIFICATION OF INSCRIPTIONS 47
- MEMORIALIZING DEATH IN STONE 48
INSCRIPTIONS AS A SOURCE OF HISTORY 49
NUMISMATICS: THE STUDY OF COINS 51
A BRIEF HISTORY OF INDIAN COINAGE 5!
COINS AS A SOURCE OF HISTORY 55
* COUNTER-STRUCK COINS OF THE KSHATRAPAS AND SATAVAHANAS 56
CONCLUSIONS 57
HUNTER-GATHERERS OF THE PALAEOLITHIC AND
MESOLITHIC AGES 58
THE GEOLOGICAL AGES AND HOMINID EVOLUTION 60
* WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? 63
HOMINID REMAINS IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT 64
PALAEO-ENVIRONMENTS 65
CLASSIFYING THE INDIAN STONE AGE 67
THE PALAEOLITHIC AGE 68
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC SITES 68
TYPICAL LOWER PALAEOLITHIC TOOLS FT
* ISAMPUR: A CENTRE OF STONE TOOL MANUFACTURE 72
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC SITES 74
THE LEVALLOIS TECHNIQUE 74
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SITES 76
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC TOOLS 77
PALAEOLITHIC ART AND CULTS 78
OSTRICH EGGSHELL BEADS 79
THE LIFE-WAYS OF PALAEOLITHIC HUNTER-GATHERERS ?
FOOD RESOURCES*NOW AND THEN 80
THE MESOLITHIC AGE 81
MESOLITHIC SITES SI
MICROLITHS S3
ANIMAL BONES AT MESOLITHIC SITES S3
S
GRAVES, SUBSISTENCE, AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS 86
3
THE JOURNEY TO GEL CHALCEDONY 87
THE MAGNIFICENCE OF MESOUTHIC ART 89
CONCLUSIONS 93
THE TRANSITION TO FOOD PRODUCTION:
NEOLITHIC, NEOLITHIC-CHALCOLITHIC, AND
CHALCOLITHIC VILLAGES, C. 7000-2000 BCE 94
THE NEOLITHIC AGE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF
FOOD PRODUCTION 95
WHY DOMESTICATION? 97
CONTENTS
THE IDENTIFICATION OF DOMESTICATION AND FOOD
PRODUCTION IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD 98
THE ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT PLANT REMAINS 100
THE TRANSITION TO FOOD PRODUCTION IN
THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT 101
THE EARLIEST VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT,
C. 7000-3000 BCE 102
THE NORTH-WEST 102
THE VINDHYAN FRINGES AND OTHER AREAS 109
NEOLITHIC, NEOUTHIC-CHALCOLTTHIC, AND CHALCOUTHIC COMMUNITIES,
C. 3000-2000 BCE M
THE NORTH AND NORTH-WEST 111
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DID PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE BURZAHOM PITS? 112
RAJASTHAN 115
THE MALWA REGION 1 18
THE WESTERN DECCAN 1 I 9
THE MIDDLE GANGA PLAIN AND EASTERN INDIA 119
SOUTH INDIA 123
THE MYSTERY OF THE ASH MOUNDS 12-T
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COMMUNITY FEASTING AT NEOLITHIC BUDIHAL 126
THE LIFE OF EARLY FARMERS 128
CHANGES IN CULTIC AND BELIEF SYSTEMS 130
FEMALE FIGURINES*ORDINARY WOMEN OR GODDESSES? 130
CONCLUSIONS 131
THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION,
C. 2600-1900 BCE 132
CIVILIZATION AND URBANIZATION: DEFINITIONS AND
IMPLICATIONS 133
THE 10 CHARACTERISTICS OF CITIES, ACCORDING TO CHILDE J34
RECENT DISCOVERIES AND CHANGING PERSPECTIVES 135
HARAPPAN, INDUS, OR SINDHU-SARASVATI
CIVILIZATION? 137
ORIGIN: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE EARLY HARAPPAN PHASE 138
THE PROBLEMS WITH DIFFUSIONIST THEORIES 139
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EARLY AND MATURE
HARAPPAN PHASES J45
THE GENERAL FEATURES OF MATURE HARAPPAN
SETTLEMENTS 147
PROFILES OF SOME HARAPPAN CITIES, TOWNS,
AND VILLAGES 149
THE DIVERSITY OF THE HARAPPAN SUBSISTENCE BASE 156
* ANIMAL BONES AT SHIKARPUR 158
HARAPPAN CRAFTS AND TECHNIQUES 158
SCULPTURE IN STONE AND METAL 162
THE MAKING OF LONG CARNELIAN BEADS 16-*
NETWORKS OF TRADE 164
SHORTUGHAI*A HARAPPAN TRADING POST IN AFGHANISTAN 169
THE NATURE AND USES OF WRITING 169
RELIGIOUS AND FUNERARY PRACTICES I 70
* THE FIRE ALTARS 173
THE HARAPPAN PEOPLE 173
* HOW HEALTHY WERE THE HARAPPANS? J 75
THE RULING ELITE 176
* * DEFINING A STATE 1 77
THE DECLINE OF URBAN LIFE J 79
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LATE HARAPPAN PHASE 180
CONCLUSIONS 181
CULTURAL TRANSITIONS: IMAGES FROM TEXTS
AND ARCHAEOLOGY, C. 2000-600 BCE 182
PERSPECTIVES FROM TEXTS 284
USING THE VEDAS AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE I84
THE DATE OF THE RIG VEDA 185
WHO WERE THE INDO-ARYANS? JS5
THE CULTURE REFLECTED IN THE FAMILY BOOKS OF THE RIG VEDA SAMHITA 187
TRIBES AND WARS 187
HYMN TO ARMS (RIG VEDA SAMHITA 6.75) 188
LINEAGE, CLAN, TRIBE 189
PASTORALISM, AGRICULTURE, AND OTHER OCCUPATIONS 189
VARNA IN THE RIG VEDA 192
WOMEN, MEN, AND THE HOUSEHOLD 192
THE FAMILY AND THE HOUSEHOLD 194
RELIGION: SACRIFICES TO THE GODS 195
HYMN TO INDRA (RIG VEDA 2.12) 19(?
THE SOMA PLANT AND ITS JUICE 197
THE HISTORICAL MILIEU OF LATER VEDIC AGE TEXTS 198
ASPECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE J 98
THE EMERGENCE OF MONARCHY 199
THE CEREMONY OF THE JEWEL OFFERING 201
THE VARNA HIERARCHY 202
THE PURUSHA-SUKTA (RIG VEDA 10.90) 203
GENDER AND THE HOUSEHOLD 204
RELIGION, RITUAL, AND PHILOSOPHY 206
THE NASADIYA HYMN (RIG VEDA 10.129) 206
THE SACRIFICIAL ARENA 207
THE ATMAN, ACCORDING TO UDDALAKA ARUNI 208
POPULAR BELIEFS AND PRACTICES 21C
ATHARVA VEDA SPELLS 210
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROFILES OF DIFFERENT REGIONS
OF THE SUBCONTINENT, C. 2000-500 BCE 211
NEOLITHIC-CHALCOLITHIC AND CHALCOUTHIC CULTURES 211
THE NORTH-WEST AND NORTH 211
THE INDO-GANGETIC DIVIDE, THE UPPER GANGA VALLEY,
AND THE DOAB 214
** THE SANAULI CEMETERY 215
THE COPPER ANTHROPOMORPH 220
BLACK AND RED WARE 221
WESTERN INDIA 221
THE MIDDLE GANGA VALLEY 223
EASTERN INDIA 225
THE NORTH-EAST 226
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THE CULTURAL SEQUENCE IN CENTRAL INDIA 227
THE CHALCOLITHIC FARMERS OF THE DECCAN 229
THE DAIMABAD BRONZES 231
* FOOD, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH AMONG THE PEOPLE OF LNAMGAON 234
GODDESSES WITH AND WITHOUT HEADS 235
CONTENTS
NEOLITHIC-CHALCOLITHIC SITES OF SOUTH INDIA 236
* PICTURES ON STONE 238
FROM COPPER TO IRON: EARLY IRON AGE CULTURES OF THE SUBCONTINENT
A CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE INDIAN MEGALITHS 242
THE NORTH-WEST 245
THE INDO-GANGETIC DIVIDE AND THE UPPER
GANGA VALLEY: THE PAINTED GREY WARE CULTURE 245
* PAINTED GREY WARE 247
THE EVIDENCE FROM RAJASTHAN 248
THE MIDDLE AND LOWER GANGA VALLEY 248
CENTRAL INDIA 249
THEDECCAN 250
SOUTH INDIA 250
* THE ENIGMA OF THE MEGALITHIC ANTHROPOMORPHS 252
THE IMPACT OF IRON TECHNOLOGY 253
THE PROBLEM OF CORRELATING LITERARY
AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 254
CONCLUSIONS 255
CITIES, KINGS, AND RENUNCIANTS: NORTH
INDIA, C. 600-300 BCE 256
THE SOURCES: LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL 258
PANINI AND HIS ASHTADHYAYI 258
NORTHERN BLACK POLISHED WARE 260
THE 16 GREAT STATES 260
THE IDENTIFICATION OF TAXILA 265
THE 6ANAS OR SANGHAS 265
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE SAKYAS AND KOSALANS 266
VASSAKARA SEEKS THE BUDDHA S ADVICE ON HOW TO DEFEAT THE VAJJ IS 26S
POLITICAL CONFLICTS AND THE GROWTH OF
THE MAGADHAN EMPIRE 269
THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE EARLY DYNASTIES OF MAGADHA 270
THE PERSIAN AND MACEDONIAN INVASIONS 274
THE STORMING OF THE MALLA CITADEL 275
LAND AND AGRARIAN EXPANSION 275
FROM VILLAGE TO TOWN: THE EXAMPLE OF
ATRANJIKHERA 276
THE EMERGENCE OF CITY LIFE 278
PERCEPTIONS OF THE FOREST 279
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY PROFILES OF
EARLY HISTORICAL CITIES 279
THE NORTH-WEST 280
THE INDO-GANGETIC DIVIDE, THE UPPER GANGA VALLEY, AND THE DOAB 281
THE MIDDLE AND LOWER GANGA VALLEY 283
CENTRAL INDIA AND THE DECCAN 286
URBAN OCCUPATIONS, CRAFTS, GUILDS, AND MONEY 287
THE NEW SOCIAL ELITES: THE GAHAPATI AND SETTHI 288
TRADE AND TRADERS 288
CLASS, KINSHIP, VARNA. AND CASTE 291
- ACTIVITIES IN TIMES OF ADVERSITY 292
S VARNA AND JATI 293
GENDER, FAMILY, AND HOUSEHOLD 295
* MARRIAGE, ACCORDING TO THE GRIHYASUTRAS 297
THE RENUNCIATORY TRADITION 300
* THE SAMANNAPHALA SUTIA 301
THEAJIVIKAS 302
EARLY BUDDHISM 303
THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA 303
THE BUDDHA S TEACHINGS 304
THE ANALOGY OF THE RAFT 305
THE BUDDHIST SANGHA AND THE LAITY 306
THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE BUDDHA S TEACHINGS 3-OS
THE AMBATTHA SUTTA 309
BUDDHISM AND WOMEN 3IO
PATACHARA S SONG 3JO
THE EIGHT CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON NUNS 311
THE SEVEN KINDS OF WIVES 3J2
EARLY JAINISM 312
THE JAINA TIRTHANKARAS, VARDHAMANA MAHAVIRA M:
THE JAINA UNDERSTANDING OF REALITY JH
THE JAINA DISCIPLINE MS
THE LIBERATED MAN 31B
ON NOT KILLING EARTH BODIES 317
THE SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF THE JAINA SANGHA AND LAITY 3! 7
THE TRUE BRAHMANA 318
MALLI OR MALLINATHA? 319
CONCLUSIONS 319
POWER AND PIETY: THE MAURYA EMPIRE,
C. 324-187 BCE 320
THE MAJOR SOURCES FOR THE MAURYA PERIOD 322
KAUTILYA S ARTHASHASTRA 322
THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF WORD FREQUENCIES IN THE ARTHASHASTRA 323
MEGASTHENES INDICA 324
THE GREEKS ON MEGASTHENES 325
ASHOKA S INSCRIPTIONS 326
THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF ASHOKAN INSCRIPTIONS AND THEIR LOCATION 327
REFERENCES TO FAMINE RELIEF IN THE MAHASTHAN AND
SOHGAURA INSCRIPTIONS 329
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NUMISMATIC EVIDENCE 329
THE MAURYA DYNASTY 330
LEGENDS OF ASHOKA 332
* THE STONE PORTRAIT OF ASHOKA AT KANAGANAHALLI 333
LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROFILES OF CITIES 334
* PATALIPUTRA AND THE PALACE, ACCORDING TO ARRIAN AND AELIAN 335
SOME ASPECTS OF RURAL AND URBAN LIFE 339
THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE MAURYA EMPIRE 340
KAUTILYA S TIMETABLE FOR A KING 342
THE LIFE OF A KING, ACCORDING TO MEGASTHENES (VIA STRABO) 343
ROCK EDICT 6 (GIRNAR VERSION) 345
THE MAURYA STATE AND FOREST PEOPLE 348
ASHOKA AND BUDDHISM 349
MINOR ROCK EDICT 1 (RUPNATH VERSION) 350
ASHOKA S DHAMMA 351
*- THE 5LH PILLAR EDICT (DELHI*TOPRA PILLAR) 352
THE 13TH ROCK EDICT (SHAHBAZGARHI VERSION) 353
*- ASHOKA S ASSESSMENT OF HIS SUCCESS:
THE SHAR-I-KUNA GREEK-ARAMAIC INSCRIPTION 355
CONTENTS
SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE 356
* ANCIENT AND MODERN QUARRIES AT CHUNAR 358
I THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORIES OF ASHOKAN PILLARS 360
* THE DISCOVERY OF AN ASHOKAN STUPA AT DEORKOTHAR 364
THE PARKHAM YAKSHA, THEN AND NOW 365
THE DECLINE OF THE MAURYA EMPIRE 366
CONCLUSIONS 367
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INTERACTION AND INNOVATION, C. 200
BCE-300 CE 368
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF NORTH INDIA 371
THE SHUNGAS 3?J
* THE BESNAGAR PILLAR INSCRIPTION OF HELIODORUS 372
THE INDO-GREEKS 375
* COINS OF THE INDO-GREEKS 374
THE SHAKA-PAHLAVAS OR SCUHO-PARTHIANS 375
THE KUSHANAS 376
* THE RABATAK INSCRIPTION 378
THE SHAKA KSHATRAPAS OF WESTERN INDIA 379
- A LAKE, A STORM, AND A KING 380
THE SATAVAHANA EMPIRE IN THE DECCAN 381
* THE ROYAL PORTRAIT GALLERY IN THE NANEGHAT CAVE 382
KINGS AND CHIEFTAINS IN THE FAR SOUTH:
THE CHERAS, CHOLAS, AND PANDYAS 384
THE ROYAL DRUM 386
VILLAGES AND CITIES 388
* PLANT REMAINS FROM SANGHOL 388
CITIES OF THE NORTH-WEST 389
THE INDO-GANGETIC DIVIDE AND THE UPPER GANGA VALLEY 39 J
THE MIDDLE AND LOWER GANGA VALLEY AND EASTERN INDIA 393
CHANDRAKETUGARH 395
CENTRAL AND WESTERN INDIA 396
CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE DECCAN 397
CITIES OF THE FAR SOUTH 399
*- MADURAI IN THE MADURAIKKANCHI 401
CRAFTS AND GUILDS 403
GUILDS AS BANKERS 405
TRADE AND TRADERS 406
* ANCIENT TRAVELLERS 407
LONG-DISTANCE TRADE 408
KAVERIPATIINAM IN THE PATTINAPALAI 409
TRADE WITH EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA 409
INDO-ROMAN TRADE 412
PERIPLUS MARIS ERYTHRARI (THE PERIPLUS OF THE ERYTHRAEAN SEA) 413
* RECENT EXCAVATIONS AT ARIKAMEDU 415
THE WIDER ROLES OF TRADE AND TRADERS 4; 7
ASPECTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN NORTH INDIA AND THE
DECCAN: VARNA, CASTE, GENDER 418
- THE JAIAKAS AS A SOURCE OF SOCIAL HISTORY 421
SOCIETY IN EARLY HISTORICAL SOUTH INDIA 422
* AN ANCIENT TAMIL LOVE POEM 423
A HEROIC DEATH 425
PHILOSOPHICAL DEVELOPMENTS: ASTIKA
AND NASTIKA SCHOOLS 425
THE BHAGAVAD GITFL 428
LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS BEYOND THE
FRAMEWORK OF ISMS 429
THE WORSHIP OF YAKSHAS AND YAKSHIS, NAGAS AND NACIS 430
GODDESSES, VOTIVE TANKS, AND SHRINES 431
VEDIC RITUALS 432
PURANIC HINDUISM 433
SHIVAISM 434
THE FORMATION OF THE VAISHNAVA PANTHEON 436
* KRISHNA AND BALARAMA ON AGATHOCLES COINS 437
SHAKTI WORSHIP 439
THE EMERGENCE OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM 440
-- MONASTIC AND LAY PRACTICES IN TEXTS VERSUS INSCRIPTIONS 443
THE DIGAMBARA-SHVETAMBARA SCHISM IN JAINISM 443
RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE 445
EARLY HINDU TEMPLES AND SCULPTURE 445
BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE 448
STUPA-MONASTERIES OF THE NORTH-WEST 448
CENTRAL INDIAN STUPAS*SANCHI AND BHARHUT 449
STUPAS OF ANDHRA PRADESH 452
EARLY RELIEF SCULPTURE AT BUDDHIST STUPA SITES 454
BUDDHIST CAVES IN THE WESTERN GHATS 457
THE JAINA CAVES AT UDAYAGIRI AND KHANDAGIRI -KV
THE GANDHARA SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE 46!
EARLY STONE SCULPTURES FROM VIDISHA AND MATHURA 463
TERRACOTTA ART 465
THE PATRONAGE OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS 467
GIFTS OF WATER POTS FROM ANCIENT GANDHARA 467
PIOUS DONATIONS AT BANDHOGARH 470
CONCLUSIONS 471
AESTHETICS AND EMPIRE, C. 300-600 CE 472
POLITICAL HISTORY 475
THE GUPTA DYNASTY 475
RAMAGUPTA*DID HE EXIST? 479
* THE INSCRIPTION OF CHANDRA AND THE LEGEND
OF THE UNSTEADY PILLAR 48I
THE VAKATAKAS OF THE DECCAN 48 J
* A QUEEN S GRANT 4S3
OTHER DYNASTIES OF PENINSULAR INDIA 484
THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE GUPTA AND
VAKATAKA KINGDOMS 485
AN ANCIENT PANCHAYAT? 487
REVENUE RESOURCES OF STATES 489
LAND OWNERSHIP 490
TYPES OF LAND, LAND MEASURES, AND LAND TENURE 493
ROYAL LAND GRANTS 494
THE TERMS OF THE VAKATAKA GRANTS 496
PATTERNS OF URBAN HISTORY 497^
* THE LIFESTYLE OF THE NAGARAFEA 498
CRAFT PRODUCTION, GUILDS, AND TRADE 500
ASPECTS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE: GENDER, FORMS OF
LABOUR, SLAVERY, AND UNTOUCHABIUTY 504
* FAXIANS ACCOUNT 505
CONTENTS
* THE GANIKA AND KULASTRI IN SANSKRIT KAVYA 506
PATTERNS OF RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS 509
THE EMERGENCE OF TANTRA 511
THE EVOLUTION OF THE VAISHNAVA PANTHEON 512
SHIVAEM 5J4
THE CULT OF THE GREAT GODDESS 5] 6
THE WORSHIP OF OTHER DEITIES 517
BUDDHISM 518
1 KUMARAJIVA (343-413 CE) 523
JAINISM 523
A CLASSICAL AGE OF ART? 526
RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE 527
SCULPTURE 532
SANSKRIT LITERATURE 536
S THE CLOUD MESSENGER 538
* THE NATYASHASTRA 539
ASTRONOMY AND MATHEMATICS 539
ANCIENT MATHEMATICAL AND MEDICAL MANUSCRIPTS 541
MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE 542
S THE IDEAL HOSPITAL, ACCORDING TO CHARAKA 543
CONCLUSIONS 545
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EMERGING REGIONAL CONFIGURATIONS,
C. 600-1200 CE 546
SOURCES, LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL .548
* NEW EVIDENCE REGARDING WANG XUANCE S MISSIONS TO INDIA 550
POLITICAL NARRATIVE AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE 550
THE IMAGE OF THE IDEAL KING IN INSCRIPTIONS OF ORISSA 552
RUDRAMADEVI, THE FEMALE KING 553
THE DECCAN 553
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- THE AIHOLE INSCRIPTION OF PULAKESHIN 554-55
THE FAR SOUTH 557
- RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL SYMBOLISM IN THE TANJAVUR TEMPLE 560
NORTH INDIA: THE PUSHYABHUTB, HARSHVARDHANA 562
* THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF XUANZANG 563
EASTERN INDIA 564
SOME ORIGIN MYTHS OF THE DYNASTIES OF ORISSA 56?
THE RAJPUT CLANS 567
THE TOMARAS AND DELHI IN LEGENDS AND INSCRIPTIONS 570
KASHMIR AND THE NORTH-WEST 571
DIDDA 572
ROYAL LAND GRANTS 573
BRAHMANA BENEFICIARIES 574
THE NATURE OF BKAHMADEYA SETTLEMENTS 576
KARA-SHASANAS AND KRAYA-SHASANAS 577
THE IMPACT OF BRAHMANA SETTLEMENTS ON AGRARIAN RELATIONS 578
LAND GRANTS AS PART OF LARGER SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROCESSES 579
RURAL SOCIETY: REGIONAL SPECIFICITIES 58Q
* POPULAR AGRICULTURAL SAYINGS OF EARLY MEDIEVAL BENGAL 581
URBAN PROCESSES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA 584
HISTORICAL PROCESSES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL
SOUTH INDIA 588
THE NATURE OF SOUTH INDIAN STATES 588
*** THE SEGMENTARY STATE, ACCORDING 10 SOUTHALL AND STEIN IIT9
ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES 590
RURAL SOCIETY 591
- THE HISTORY OF A KARNATAKA VILLAGE 59.3
AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION 594
IRRIGATION DEVICES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL TAMIL NADU 595
BETEL LEAVES AND ARECA NUTS 596
URBAN PROCESSES 597
WEAVERS AND WEAVING IN EARLY MEDIEVAL TAMIL NADU 599
TRADE AND TRADERS 600
AIHOLE AND THE AYYAVOLE 603
THE RELIGIOUS SPHERE 603
BUDDHISM IN EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA EOT
- A LETTER FROM XUANZANG TO PRAJNADEVA CO5
MAJOR CENTRES OF JAINISM 60S
SHANKARA AND AOVAITA VEDANTA 6!0
THE HINDU CULTS MI
VISHNUISM AND SHIVAISM 6 2 J
THE SHAKTI CULT 613
THE GODDESS AS KILLER OF THE DEMON MAHISHA 614
SOUTH INDIAN BHAKTT. THE ALVARS AND NAYANMARS 616
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SONGS OF THE NAYANMAR SAINT APPAR 618
ANDAL S SONGS 619
KARAIKKAL AMMAIYAR*HER LIFE AND SONGS 620
THE PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF SOUTH INDIAN BHAKTI
AND LATER DEVELOPMENTS 620
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THE ACHANAS OF BASAVANNA 62!
PATRONAGE TO TEMPLES 622
- TEMPLE WOMEN IN CHOLA INSCRIPTIONS 62.5
THE ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE OF
EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA 624
THE NAGARA, DRAWDA, AND VESARA STYLES OF TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE 624
WESTERN INDIA AND THE DECCAN 625
* THE DISCOVERY OF AN EARLY MEDIEVAL QUARRY SITE NEAR PATTADAKAL 63 J
THE PALLAVA KINGDOM 634
THE CHOLA TEMPLES 637
CHOLA METAL SCULPTURE 64 J
ARCHAEOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NATARAJA IMAGES 642
CONCLUSIONS 643
A NOTE ON DIACRITICS 644
GLOSSARY 645
FURTHER READINGS 650
REFERENCES 656
INDEX 667
CREDITS 676
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