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Power, Presence and Space : South Asian Rituals in Archaeological Context

Author :  Henry Albery, Jens-Uwe Hartmann & Himanshu Prabha Ray (ed)

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Country
India
Publisher
Manohar Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi
ISBN 9780367749408
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2021
Bib. Info xvii, 293p.; ills. 23 cm. Includes Index.
Product Weight 630 gms.
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This book explores these connections in South Asia from the early Common Era until the present day. The essays in the volume examine a wide range of themes, including a genealogy of ideas concerning Vedic rituals in European thought; Buddhist donative rituals of Gandhara and Andhra Pradesh in the early Common Era; land endowments, festivals, and temple establishments in medieval Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; Mughal court rituals of the Mughal Empire; and contemporary ritual complexes on the Nilgiri Plateau. This volume argues for the need to redress a historical neglect in identifying and theorising ritual and religion in material contexts within archaeology. Further, it challenges existing theoretical and methodological forms of documentation to propose new ways of understanding rituals in history. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian history, religion, archaeology, and historical geography.

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