The Archaeology of Coastal Bengal - Couverture rigide

Chattopadhyay, Rupendra Kumar

 
9780199481682: The Archaeology of Coastal Bengal
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0199481687 ISBN 13 : 9780199481682
Editeur : OUP India, 2018

Synopsis

Research work on coastal Bengal has mostly focused on maritime trading networks. In a clear departure from the existing scholarship, this volume questions the linearity of considering trade as the sole determinant of creation of settlement in the coastal regions. Focusing on settlement strategies, Chattopadhyay unravels how human societies, through successive generations, have adapted to the coastal environment and bioregime.

First-hand data, procured through extensive fieldwork, forms the sound basis of this work. From structural remains, ceramic and bone implements, and stone tools, to terracotta figurines and inscriptions, a vast array of sources, including epigraphic and literary sources, is analysed. Significantly, the volume also highlights the interconnection between coastal geography and the hinterland.

Chattopadhyay's meticulously researched work offers a geographical and temporal frame which allows the research on coastal Bengal to be viewed as an integral part of the archaeological developments in not only the subcontinent but also the adjoining region of the Southeast Asian countries.

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À propos de l?auteur

Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay is Paresh Chandra Chatterjee Professor of History, Presidency University, Kolkata, India. He has published widely in national and international journals on various issues related to the archaeology of the middle and lower Ganga valley, the eastern Indian plateau, and the eastern Indian littoral. He has also written on eastern Indian prehistory, protohistory, Indian religions, Indian art and iconography, the political history of the Satavahanas and the western Kshatrapas, and the ancient Indian caste system. His major publications include Bankura: A Study of Its Archaeological Sources (2010).

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Éditeur
OUP India
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199481687
ISBN 13 
9780199481682
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
360
Coordonnées du fabricant
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