Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temples, monasteries, mansions…
La 4e de couv. indique : "Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temp…
La 4e de couv. indique : "Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temp…
Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temples, monasteries, mansions…
Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temples, monasteries, mansions…
"This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE. It presents an analysis of religious architecture at multiple levels, both temporal and spatial, and distinguishes it as a ritual ins…
"This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE. It presents an analysis of religious architecture at multiple levels, both temporal and spatial, and distinguishes it as a ritual ins…
Anthropology of Archaeology -- The Making of the Indus-Saraswati Civilization -- Bureaucratic Hierarchy in the ASI -- Spatial Formation of the Archaeological Field -- Epistemological Formation of the Archaeological Site -- Theory of Archaeological Excavation -- Making of the Arc…
Bureaucratic Archaeology is a multi-faceted ethnography of quotidian practices of archaeology, bureaucracy and science in postcolonial India, concentrating on the workings of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). This book uncovers an endemic link between micro-practice of archa…
"Past has played a formidable role in the self-fashioning of the modern Indian nation-state. Along with historical narratives, archaeology materiality has significantly contributed to the reimagination of India as a contiguous entity spanning more than five thousand years. The i…
"Past has played a formidable role in the self-fashioning of the modern Indian nation-state. Along with historical narratives, archaeology materiality has significantly contributed to the reimagination of India as a contiguous entity spanning more than five thousand years. The i…
"The anthropology of Hinduism has amply established that Hindus have strong involvement with sacred geography. The Hindu sacred topography is dotted with innumerable pilgrimage places, and popular Hinduism is abundant with spatial imaginings. Thus Shiva and his partner, the moth…