Environmental history of early India :
Environmental history of early India : a reader /
edited by Nandini Sinha Kapur.
- New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- xxxv, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-279).
Forests, deforestation, state, legitimation, and settlement pattern -- Of tribes, hunters and barbarians : forest dwellers in the Mauryan Period / Wilderness and kingship in ancient south Asia / The study of settlement patterns in the Cōḷa Period : some perspectives / An aspect of rural landscape in the Rashtrakuta Kingdom / Water resources, irrigation, and landscapes -- Natural resources and human settlements : perceiving the environment in India / Patronage and irrigation in Tamil Nadu : a long-term view / Pastoralism as reflected in the classical Tamil theory of landscapes / Cult traditions, topography, and perceptions -- Landscapes in conflict : flocks, hero-stones, and cult in early medieval Maharashtra / In which part of south Asia did the early Brahmanical tradition (1st millennium BC) take its form? / Perceiving the forest : early India / Tirthas and acculturation : an anthropological study / Agricultural expansion, pastoralism, and ecology -- Early south Indian society and economy : the Tinai concept / Agrarian expansion / Geographical setting and agrarian economy / Ethnohistory of pastoralism : a study of Kuruvas and Gollas / Settlements and economy / Botany in early India -- Life, forests, and plant sciences in ancient India / Aloka Parasher-Sen -- Nancy E. Falk -- R. Champakalakshmi -- Shyam Narayan Lal -- Ranabir Chakravarti -- David Ludden -- Kamil V. Zvelebil -- Ajay Dandekar -- Kumkum Roy -- Romila Thapar -- Vijay Nath -- K. Sivathamby -- R.S. Sharma -- V.K. Jain -- M.L.K. Murty -- Nayanjot Lahiri -- Anil Rawat. I. II. III. IV. V.
9780198070009 (hbk.) 0198070004 (hbk.)
Human ecology--History.--India
India--Environmental conditions.
3333.70934 / KAP/E
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-279).
Forests, deforestation, state, legitimation, and settlement pattern -- Of tribes, hunters and barbarians : forest dwellers in the Mauryan Period / Wilderness and kingship in ancient south Asia / The study of settlement patterns in the Cōḷa Period : some perspectives / An aspect of rural landscape in the Rashtrakuta Kingdom / Water resources, irrigation, and landscapes -- Natural resources and human settlements : perceiving the environment in India / Patronage and irrigation in Tamil Nadu : a long-term view / Pastoralism as reflected in the classical Tamil theory of landscapes / Cult traditions, topography, and perceptions -- Landscapes in conflict : flocks, hero-stones, and cult in early medieval Maharashtra / In which part of south Asia did the early Brahmanical tradition (1st millennium BC) take its form? / Perceiving the forest : early India / Tirthas and acculturation : an anthropological study / Agricultural expansion, pastoralism, and ecology -- Early south Indian society and economy : the Tinai concept / Agrarian expansion / Geographical setting and agrarian economy / Ethnohistory of pastoralism : a study of Kuruvas and Gollas / Settlements and economy / Botany in early India -- Life, forests, and plant sciences in ancient India / Aloka Parasher-Sen -- Nancy E. Falk -- R. Champakalakshmi -- Shyam Narayan Lal -- Ranabir Chakravarti -- David Ludden -- Kamil V. Zvelebil -- Ajay Dandekar -- Kumkum Roy -- Romila Thapar -- Vijay Nath -- K. Sivathamby -- R.S. Sharma -- V.K. Jain -- M.L.K. Murty -- Nayanjot Lahiri -- Anil Rawat. I. II. III. IV. V.
9780198070009 (hbk.) 0198070004 (hbk.)
Human ecology--History.--India
India--Environmental conditions.
3333.70934 / KAP/E