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Daily life in ancient India : from 200 BC to 700 AD / Jeannine Auboyer.
LIBRA DS425 .A953 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Auboyer, Jeannine.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- India--History--To 324 B.C.
- India.
- History.
- India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
- India--Social life and customs--To 1200.
- Manners and customs.
- India--Civilization--To 1200.
- Local Subjects:
- India--Civilization--To 1200.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 344 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Phoenix, 2002.
- Summary:
- The traditions that define Indian life have remained unchanged for thousands of years. Emphasizing the nine centuries of the "golden age, " this introduction to India's noble culture reconstructs a time when political and religious enlightenment flourished, and artistic creation reached its height. It evokes the complexities of India's ancient epoch, caste system, endless ritual, and ceremonial nature of human relations.
- Contents:
- Part I. An introduction to Indian life : The geographical and historical background
- The social structure and its religious principles
- The political and administrative structure
- Economics and daily life
- Part II. Individual and collective existence : The background to daily life
- The importance of religion in daily life
- The individual and the family
- Monastic and ascetic life
- Part III. Royal and aristocratic existence : City life and fashionable existence
- Royal existence and its environment
- The public life of the king: imperial pomp.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1842125915
- 9781842125915
- OCLC:
- 50577157
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