Negotiating cultural identity : landscapes in early medieval South Asian history
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Negotiating cultural identity : landscapes in early medieval South Asian history
（Archaeology and religion in South Asia / series editor, Himanshu Prabha Ray）
Routledge, 2020
2nd ed
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume breaks new ground by conceptualizing physical landscapes as living cultural bodies. It redefines dynamic cultural landscapes as catalysts in which the natural world and human practice are inextricably linked and are constantly interacting.
Drawing on research by eminent archaeologists, numismatists and historians, the essays in this volume
* Provide insights into the ways people in the past, and in the present, imbue places with meanings;
* Examine the social and cultural construction of space in the early medieval period in South Asia;
* Trace complex patterns of historical development of a temple or a town, to understand ways in which such spaces often become a means of constructing the collective past and social traditions.
With a new chapter on continuity and change in the sacred landscape of the Buddhist site at Udayagiri, the second edition of Negotiating Cultural Identity will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of archaeology, social history, cultural studies, art history and anthropology.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Part 1: The Archaeology of Space 1. India Cartographica: Some Roman Sightings Grant Parker 2. Cartography and Cultural Encounter: Conceptualisation of al-Hind by Arabic and Persian Writers from the 9th to 11th Century ce Noemie Verdon 3. Self, Other and the Use and Appropriation of Late Roman Coins in South India and Sri Lanka (4th-8th Centuries ce) Rebecca Darley Part 2: Defining Cultural Landscapes 4. Sacred Spaces of the Middle Ganga Valley: A Case Study of Varanasi Vidula Jayaswal 5. Transforming the Landscape: Questions of Medieval Reuse and Worship at Ancient Jain Rock-Cut Sites near Madurai Lisa N. Owen 6. Of Saffron, Snow, and Spirituality: Glimpses of Cultural Geography in the Rajatarangini Shonaleeka Kaul 7. 'Space for Change': Reviewing 'Paucity of Coins' in Early Medieval India with Regard to Data, Methodology and Interpretation Shailendra Bhandare 8. Colonial Imagination and Identity Attribution: Numismatic Cues for Defining Space Mamta Dwivedi 9. Shrines as 'Monuments': Issues of Classification, Custody and Conflict in Orissa Umakanta Mishra 10. Continuity and Change in the Sacred Landscape of the Buddhist Site of Udayagiri, Odisha Umakanta Mishra
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