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The concept of Bharatavarsha and other essays /
"This collection explores what may be called the idea of India in ancient times. Its undeclared objective is to identify key concepts which show early Indian civilization as distinct and differently oriented from other formations. The essays focus on ancient Indian texts within a variety of gen...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series in Hindu studies
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Table of Contents:
- The concept of Bhāratavarsha and its historiographical implications
- Space, history and cultural process : some ideas on the ingredients of subregional "identity"
- The state's perception of the "forest" and the "forest" as state in early India
- Rama's acts in exile and in kingdom
- Local and beyond : the story of Asura Naraka and society, state and religion in early Assam
- Festivals as ritual : an exploration into the convergence of rituals and the state in early India
- Accommodation and negotiation in a culture of exclusivism : some early Indian perspectives
- Interrogating "unity in diversity" : voices from India's ancient texts.