The book departs from traditional studies, focusing on the communities maritime history rather than agrarian expansion and the emergence of the state.

This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE. It presents an analysis of religious architecture at multiple levels, both temporal and spatial ...

The volume: Adopts an interdiscilinary approach—connects religion, archaeology, history, and textual studies Will be of wide interest to departments in US and UK teaching South Asian Studies, Archaeology and Buddhist Studies Author is a ...

On maritime trade and seafaring in the early historical period with reference to support provided by Buddhist monastic establishments during that period.

With rich archival sources, the book will immensely interest scholars, researchers and students of modern Indian history, culture, archaeology, Buddhist studies, and heritage management.

This book breaks new ground by examining trans-oceanic connectivity through the perspective of coastal shrines and maritime cultural landscapes across the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea.

EXPLORE THE SERIES: The Hindu Temple and Its Sacred Landscape expands the collection of academic texts developed by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.

This Study Of The Rise Of A Powerful Dynasty In The Western Deccan Is Based On Archaeological, Inscriptional And Literary Sources.

This volume discusses larger issues relating to the practice and institutionalization of the discipline of archaeology under British rule and assesses the extent to which colonial intervention shaped the nascent discipline of archaeology in ...