Handbook of Indian history / Lavanya Vemsani, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vemsani, Lavanya, editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Historiography.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2024]

Contents:

Part I The Beginnings of Indian Civilization

1 Introduction to Handbook of Indian History

2 The Beginnings of India's History: Archeological and Genetic History

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Issues with Previous Narratives of Aryan Occupations: Colonialist Race Theories

2.3 Archeological History of India

2.3.1 Human Skeletal Evidence: Early Hominids and Hominins of India

2.3.2 Indian Foundations: Early Hominids and Hominins of India

2.4 Habitational Settlements and Cultural Remains: Prehistory of India

2.5 Genetic History of India

2.6 Foundational Zone: Genetic Evidence of Early Humans of India

2.7 Male Genetic Heritage

2.8 Civilizational Foundations of India: Cultural and Genetic Continuity from the Upper Paleolithic Phase

2.8.1 Mesolithic Culture

2.9 Advancement of the Neolithic Phase in India and Absence of Aryans

2.9.1 Megalithic Culture

2.10 Conclusion

References

3 Palaeolithic Culture of Deccan in the Upper Krishna Basin of India with Special Reference to Recent Studies

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Upland Deccan

3.3 Acheulian Culture in the Krishna Basin

3.3.1 The Bhima River Basin

3.3.2 The Ghataprabha-Malaprabha Basins

3.3.3 The Middle Krishna Basin

3.3.4 The Lower Krishna Basin

3.3.5 The Tungabhadra Basin

3.3.6 The Upper Krishna Basin

3.4 Quaternary Studies in the Upper Krishna Basin

3.5 Findings in the Upper Krishna Basin

3.5.1 Geomorphological Observations

3.5.2 Lithic Assemblages

3.6 Importance and Discussion

4 Southern Neolithic Culture of India: People, Plants, and Animals

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Southern Neolithic Studies

4.3 The Ashmounds

4.4 Rock Art

4.5 Stone Tools

4.6 Metal Tools and Metallurgy

4.7 Ceramics Production and Craft

4.8 Diet: Animal Domestication and Pastoralism

4.9 Diet: Agriculture and Food Crops

4.10 Mortuary Practices

4.11 Southern Neolithic Landscapes: Land Use and Settlement Pattern

5 The Indus River Valley and Other Bronze Age Cultures

5.1 Introduction

5.2 What is the Bronze Age?

5.3 Indus Valley

5.4 Other Bronze Age Cultures

5.4.1 Mesopotamia

5.4.2 East Africa

5.4.3 Aegean

5.4.4 Asia

5.4.5 Western and Northern Europe

5.5 Interconnections

5.5.1 Texts

5.5.2 Iconography

5.5.3 Analysis

5.6 Conclusions

6 The Historical Reception of Panini's Sanskrit Grammar

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Challenges in Understanding the Astadhyayi

6.3 Metarules in the Paninian Grammatical Tradition

6.4 Modern Perspectives on the Functioning of the Astadhyayi

6.5 Panini and the Paniniyas on Rule Conflict

6.6 Philosophy of the Discipline

6.7 My Interpretation of the Paninian System

6.8 A Summary of Post-Paninian Ideas on 1.4.2

6.9 Conclusion

7 Classical Understanding of Gender in Indian Texts

7.1 Conclusion

References

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 2, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9789819762071

9819762073

Publisher Number:

90100791004

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