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The Changing Gaze

Regions and the Constructions of Early India

B. P. Sahu

The Changing Gaze

The Changing Gaze

Regions and the Constructions of Early India

The Changing Gaze

 

Focusing on histories of regions, this book traces the changing perceptions of history and historiography in early India. It studies politics; state formation and the role of patronage and legitimation; Kali Age crisis; rural society; caste system; and the various aspects of regional rural economy like agrarian changes, peasantry, and land system.


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Beschrijving The Changing Gaze

Why did Indian historians move away from the centric approach in the 1970s? Why did they shift their focus to local sub-regions instead of focusing on historio-geographic blocks like the Gangetic heartland or the Kaveri valley? What were the constructs that developed the concept of India? Examining the questions that have shaped history-writing in India, this book maps the changing perspectives about early India. Focusing on the histories of regions, the volume studies social and cultural change, regional polities, and various socio-economic aspects of regional and rural societies. It includes a wide range of topics: from the role of Brahmanical ideology in the construction of caste to the regional dimensions of the Kali Age crisis; from agrarian land systems to forms of protest and dissent; and the evolution of regional identities in Indian historiography. The Introduction provides an overview of the issues and themes discussed, and surveys the research on early India.


ISBN
9780198089193
Pagina's
344
Verschenen
NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP India

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