Environmental history of early India: a reader/

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.

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