ISBN: 9789354422928 - seeking history through her source: south of the vindhyas (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Contents: Preface. Introduction/Aloka Parasher Sen. Part I: Perceiving the Past.1. The Making of Classical Tamil Literature: Multiple Sources in its Construction/V. Rajesh. 2. Virtual Hegemonies and Literary Imaginings: Reading the Jatakas Against the Grain /Sagnik Saha. 3. Perceptions of History in Images of Space and Power: The Kavya Narratives/Mrinalini. 4. The Idea of Water: A Reading of the Cankam Poems/Sreekala M. V. Part II: Producing the Past. 5. Identities in Fragments: Early Deccan in Inscriptions/Nairita Ghosh. 6. Local Coins and Local Rulers: The Early Deccan/Kasala Jashwanth Prasad. 7. ChaỊukyan Prasastis: Historical Consciousness and Identity/Aruna Pariti. 8. Seeking History in Fragments/Aloka Parasher Sen. Glossary. Index. In the late twentieth century, the scope of history writing has expanded beyond textual sources to include additional sources such as literature, coins, art and architecture. Meanwhile, history writing on ancient India continues to be burdened by an Indological discourse, which takes India as a monolithic whole and interprets sources in ways that contribute to a pan-Indian meta-narrative. Sources which are fragmentary in nature, or located far from the so-called centres of civilisation, are relegated to the footnotes and margins, merely as tools of corroboration. Seeking History through Her Source corrects this imbalance by interrogating sources in innovative ways. The authors seek historical realities south of the Vindhyas and contextualise oft-neglected sources in their respective local niches. They highlight literary, art-historical and archaeological sources such as the Jatakas, Cankam literature, Kavya narratives, coins and prasastis of local rulers while also highlighting fragmentary sources, such as label inscriptions and statuettes. Thus, literature and myths, and even non-textual traditions are centred as valid ways to address new areas of historical research, and complicate dominant narratives for a more nuanced and inclusive understanding of the past. …

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.