LEADER 04111nam 2200709 450 001 9910466317103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a93-5150-645-2 010 $a93-5150-647-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000623901 035 $a(EBL)4440226 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001624636 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16361094 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001624636 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14832248 035 $a(PQKB)10645764 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4440226 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4440226 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11171006 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL902624 035 $a(OCoLC)944310991 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000623901 100 $a20151109d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe idea of ancient India $eessays on religion, politics, and archaeology /$fUpinder Singh 210 1$aNew Delhi :$cSAGE Publications,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (483 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a93-5150-646-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aI. Contextualizing inscriptions -- Sanchi : the history of the patronage of an ancient Buddhist establishment -- Nagarjunakonda : Buddhism in the "City of Victory" -- Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC to AD 200) -- Early medieval Orissa : the data and the debate -- II. Archaeologists and the modern histories of ancient sites -- Archaeologists and architectural scholars in 19th century India -- Amaravati : the dismembering of the Mahacaitya (1797-1886) -- Buddhism, archaeology, and the nation : Nagarjunakonda (1926-2006) -- Exile and return : the reinvention of Buddhism and Buddhist sites in modern India -- III. The intersection of political ideas and practice -- Governing the state and the self : political philosophy and practice in the edicts of Asoka -- Politics, violence, and war in Kamandaka's Nitisara -- The power of a poet : kingship, empire, and war in Kalidasa's Raghuvam?s?a -- IV. Looking beyond India to Asia -- Gifts from other lands : Southeast Asian religious endowments in India -- Politics, piety, and patronage : the Burmese engagement with Bodhgaya. 330 2 $a"This book engages with some of the most important issues, debates, and methodologies in the writings of ancient Indian history. Thematically structured into four sections, it critically addresses how the material remains of India's early past were discovered and understood in colonial and post-colonial times. The first section highlights the importance of a thorough empirical approach for understanding the process of social history and early medieval state formation. The second connects ancient and modern India, based extensively on archival sources. The third and fourth sections emphasize the important issue of ancient Indian intellectual history, underlining the significance of reconstructing the intellectual landscape of ancient India through a sensitive and yet critical historicization of its texts and inscriptions"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aArchaeology and religion$zIndia 606 $aArchaeology$xPolitical aspects$zIndia 606 $aBuddhism$zIndia$xHistory 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zIndia 606 $aSacred space$zIndia 606 $aInscriptions, Indic 607 $aIndia$xAntiquities 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yTo 324 B.C$vSources 607 $aIndia$xHistory$y324 B.C.-1000 A.D$vSources 607 $aIndia$xIntellectual life 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArchaeology and religion 615 0$aArchaeology$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aBuddhism$xHistory. 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 615 0$aSacred space 615 0$aInscriptions, Indic. 676 $a934 700 $aSingh$b Upinder$0855008 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466317103321 996 $aThe idea of ancient India$91909156 997 $aUNINA