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Women And Monastic Buddhism In Early South Asia - Rediscovering The Invisible Believers

by Garima Kaushik

~~60,94€~~ 54,85€ 10% OFF

 This book presents gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the sociocultural foundations of Buddhism. Moving away from dominant discourses that discuss women as a single monolithic, homogenous category - thus rendering them invisible within the broader religious discourse - this monograph examines their sustained role in the larger context of South Asian Buddhism and reaffirms their agency. It highlights the multiple roles played by women as patrons, practitioners, lay and monastic members, and the like within Buddhism. The volume also investigates the individual experiences of the members, and their equations and relationships at different levels - with the Samgha at large with their own respective Bhiksu or Bhiksuni Samgha, with the laity and with members of the same gender (both lay and monastic). It rereads, reconfigures and reassesses historical data to arrive at a new understanding of Buddhism and the social matrix within which it developed and flourished.This new edition draws on recent archaeological data from ancient Buddhist sites in Sri Lanka and recently compiled ethnographic data from convents in Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India. It assesses whether the working model formulated for the identification of gendered structures at sites in India holds good for sites across South Asia and highlights the presence of women within the monastic circles in varied roles.Bringing together archaeological, epigraphic, art historical, literary, as well as ethnographic data, this volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars of Buddhism, gender studies, ancient Indian history, religion and South Asian studies.
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The Archaeology Of The Natha Sampradaya In Western India, 12th To 15th Century

by Vijay Sarde

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 This book studies Natha Sampradaya through archaeological evidence for the first time. Drawing on a pioneering approach to the study of ascetic traditions, it investigates not only the nature of the Sampradaya's religious architecture but also examines the extent to which they shared space with other religious groups.
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Religion, Landscape And Material Culture In Pre-Modern South Asia

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 This book highlights emerging trends and new themes in South Asian history. It covers issues broadly related to religion, materiality and nature from differing perspectives and methods to offer a kaleidoscopic view of Indian history until the late eighteenth century.
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Arms In Academia - The Political Economy Of The Modern Uk Defence Industry

by Elliot Murphy

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 This book studies how the arms trade has continued to receive generous state subsidies, along with less direct forms of financial and intellectual support from academia in the UK. It examines the ways in which arms dealing has contributed to the violation of human rights in regions of intense conflict.
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Experiencing Anthropology In The Nicobar Archipelago

by Vijoy S Sahay

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 This book explores the discipline of social-cultural anthropology through an extensive study of the Nicobarese people in one of the remotest human settlements of the Indian Ocean.
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Power, Presence And Space - South Asian Rituals In Archaeological Context

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 Patterns of ritual power, presence, and space are fundamentally connected to, and mirror, the societal and political power structures in which they are enacted.
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Archaeology Of The Natha Sampradaya In Western India, 12th To 15th Century

by Vijay Sarde

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 This book studies Ntha sampradya through archaeological evidence for the first time. Drawing on a pioneering approach to the study of ascetic traditions, it investigates not only the nature of the Ntha sampradya’s religious architecture but also examines the extent to which they shared space with other religious groups such as the devotees of Siva and Sakti, Buddhism, and Islam, especially with the Sufi tradition.Focusing on western India, the book sifts through a variety of archaeological evidence and documentation of their temples, caves, and mahas. It critically analyses iconographic representations of ascetics on temple walls and sculptural representations of yogic postures or sanas. Further, these representations are discussed within a pan-South Asian framework to highlight both the commonalities of the tradition across the subcontinent and the regional specificities, along with their chronological spread.Breaking new ground, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of religion, especially Hinduism, history, archaeology, and South Asian studies.
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Archaeology Of The Natha Sampradaya In Western India, 12th To 15th Century

by Vijay Sarde

54,31€ + 10% CARD

 This book studies Ntha sampradya through archaeological evidence for the first time. Drawing on a pioneering approach to the study of ascetic traditions, it investigates not only the nature of the Ntha sampradya’s religious architecture but also examines the extent to which they shared space with other religious groups such as the devotees of Siva and Sakti, Buddhism, and Islam, especially with the Sufi tradition.Focusing on western India, the book sifts through a variety of archaeological evidence and documentation of their temples, caves, and mahas. It critically analyses iconographic representations of ascetics on temple walls and sculptural representations of yogic postures or sanas. Further, these representations are discussed within a pan-South Asian framework to highlight both the commonalities of the tradition across the subcontinent and the regional specificities, along with their chronological spread.Breaking new ground, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of religion, especially Hinduism, history, archaeology, and South Asian studies.
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Religion, Landscape And Material Culture In Pre-Modern South Asia

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 This book highlights emerging trends and new themes in South Asian history. It covers issues broadly related to religion, materiality and nature from differing perspectives and methods to offer a kaleidoscopic view of Indian history until the late eighteenth century. The essays in the volume focus on understanding questions of premodern religion, material culture processes and their spatial and environmental contexts through a study of networks of commodities and cultural and religious landscapes. From the early history of coastal regions such as Gujarat and Bengal to material networks of political culture, from temples and their connection with maritime trade to the importance of landscape in influencing temple-building, from regions considered peripheral to mainstream historiography to the development of religious sects, this collection of articles maps the diverse networks and connections across regions and time.The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, museum and heritage studies, religion, especially Hinduism, Sufism and Buddhism, and South Asian studies.
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Religion, Landscape And Material Culture In Pre-Modern South Asia

55,64€ + 10% CARD

 This book highlights emerging trends and new themes in South Asian history. It covers issues broadly related to religion, materiality and nature from differing perspectives and methods to offer a kaleidoscopic view of Indian history until the late eighteenth century. The essays in the volume focus on understanding questions of premodern religion, material culture processes and their spatial and environmental contexts through a study of networks of commodities and cultural and religious landscapes. From the early history of coastal regions such as Gujarat and Bengal to material networks of political culture, from temples and their connection with maritime trade to the importance of landscape in influencing temple-building, from regions considered peripheral to mainstream historiography to the development of religious sects, this collection of articles maps the diverse networks and connections across regions and time.The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, museum and heritage studies, religion, especially Hinduism, Sufism and Buddhism, and South Asian studies.
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Religion, Landscape And Material Culture In Pre-Modern South Asia

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 This book highlights emerging trends and new themes in South Asian history. It covers issues broadly related to religion, materiality and nature from differing perspectives and methods to offer a kaleidoscopic view of Indian history until the late eighteenth century.
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The Archaeology Of The Natha Sampradaya In Western India, 12th To 15th Century

by Vijay Sarde

~~189,26€~~ 132,48€ 30% OFF

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 This book studies Natha Sampradaya through archaeological evidence for the first time. Drawing on a pioneering approach to the study of ascetic traditions, it investigates not only the nature of the Sampradaya's religious architecture but also examines the extent to which they shared space with other religious groups.
Women And Monastic Buddhism In Early South Asia - Rediscovering The Invisible Believers

by Garima Kaushik

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 This book presents gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the sociocultural foundations of Buddhism. It highlights the multiple roles played by women as patrons, practitioners, lay and monastic members and the like within Buddhism.
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Buddhism And Gandhara - An Archaeology Of Museum Collections

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 This book re-examines the archaeological material excavated in the region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and traces the link between archaeological work, histories of museum collections and related interpretations by art historians. The essays in the volume underscore the diverse cultural traditions of Gandhara as well as interr
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Negotiating Cultural Identity - Landscapes In Early Medieval South Asian History

~~60,82€~~ 42,57€ 30% OFF

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 This volume breaks new ground by conceptualizing landscape as a dynamic cultural complex in which the natural world and human practice are inextricably linked and are constantly interacting. The work will be especially useful to scholars and researchers of archaeology, social history, art history and anthropology.
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Pathways In The Nineteenth-Century British Textile Industry - The Commercial Textile Warehouse

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 This collection brings together primary sources on the British textile industry across the long nineteenth-century, a subject that is both global and multidisciplinary. This set provides an extensive range of resources on the calico printing industry, textile warehousing and shipping, and textile waste and recycling.
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Pathways In The Nineteenth-Century British Textile Industry - The Waste Textile Industries

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 This collection brings together primary sources on the British textile industry across the long nineteenth-century, a subject that is both global and multidisciplinary. This set provides an extensive range of resources on the calico printing industry, textile warehousing and shipping, and textile waste and recycling.
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Power, Presence And Space - South Asian Rituals In Archaeological Context

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 Patterns of ritual power, presence, and space are fundamentally connected to, and mirror, the societal and political power structures in which they are enacted.This book explores these connections in South Asia from the early Common Era until the present day. The essays in the volume examine a wide range of themes, including a genealogy of ideas concerning Vedic rituals in European thought; Buddhist donative rituals of Gandhara and Andhra Pradesh in the early Common Era; land endowments, festivals, and temple establishments in medieval Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; Mughal court rituals of the Mughal Empire; and contemporary ritual complexes on the Nilgiri Plateau. This volume argues for the need to redress a historical neglect in identifying and theorising ritual and religion in material contexts within archaeology. Further, it challenges existing theoretical and methodological forms of documentation to propose new ways of understanding rituals in history.This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian history, religion, archaeology, and historical geography.
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Power, Presence And Space - South Asian Rituals In Archaeological Context

62,26€ + 10% CARD

 Patterns of ritual power, presence, and space are fundamentally connected to, and mirror, the societal and political power structures in which they are enacted.This book explores these connections in South Asia from the early Common Era until the present day. The essays in the volume examine a wide range of themes, including a genealogy of ideas concerning Vedic rituals in European thought; Buddhist donative rituals of Gandhara and Andhra Pradesh in the early Common Era; land endowments, festivals, and temple establishments in medieval Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; Mughal court rituals of the Mughal Empire; and contemporary ritual complexes on the Nilgiri Plateau. This volume argues for the need to redress a historical neglect in identifying and theorising ritual and religion in material contexts within archaeology. Further, it challenges existing theoretical and methodological forms of documentation to propose new ways of understanding rituals in history.This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian history, religion, archaeology, and historical geography.
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Power, Presence And Space - South Asian Rituals In Archaeological Context

~~209,54€~~ 146,68€ 30% OFF

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 Patterns of ritual power, presence, and space are fundamentally connected to, and mirror, the societal and political power structures in which they are enacted.
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Negotiating Cultural Identity - Landscapes In Early Medieval South Asian History

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 This volume breaks new ground by conceptualizing landscape as a dynamic cultural complex in which the natural world and human practice are inextricably linked and are constantly interacting. The work will be especially useful to scholars and researchers of archaeology, social history, art history and anthropology.
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Negotiating Cultural Identity - Landscapes In Early Medieval South Asian History

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 This volume breaks new ground by conceptualizing landscape as a dynamic cultural complex in which the natural world and human practice are inextricably linked and are constantly interacting. The work will be especially useful to scholars and researchers of archaeology, social history, art history and anthropology.
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From Temple To Museum - Colonial Collections And Uma Mahesvara Icons In The Middle Ganga Valley

by Salila Kulshreshtha

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 This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond its creation. It highlights contentious issues in Indian archaeology such as: renegotiating identities of religious images, reuse and sharing of sacred space by adherents of different faiths, rebuilding of temples and consequent reinvention of sites where these images were located.
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Negotiating Cultural Identity - Landscapes In Early Medieval South Asian History

~~209,54€~~ 146,68€ 30% OFF

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 This volume breaks new ground by conceptualizing landscape as a dynamic cultural complex in which the natural world and human practice are inextricably linked and are constantly interacting. The work will be especially useful to scholars and researchers of archaeology, social history, art history and anthropology.
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