Environmental history of early India: a reader/ edited by Nandini Sinha Kapur.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011Description: xxxv, 282 p.: ill.; 23 cmISBN: 9780198070009 ; 0198070004 Subject(s): Human ecology -- India -- History | Ecology | Human ecology | India -- Environmental conditions | IndiaDDC classification: 333.70934Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Reference Books | Central Library, Sikkim University Reference | Reference Collection | 333.70934 KAP/E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | P16015 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-279).
I. Forests, deforestation, state, legitimation, and settlement pattern -- Of tribes, hunters and barbarians : forest dwellers in the Mauryan Period/ Aloka Parasher-Sen -- Wilderness and kingship in ancient south Asia/ Nancy E. Falk -- The study of settlement patterns in the Cōḷa Period : some perspectives/ R. Champakalakshmi -- An aspect of rural landscape in the Rashtrakuta Kingdom/ Shyam Narayan Lal -- II. Water resources, irrigation, and landscapes -- Natural resources and human settlements : perceiving the environment in India/ Ranabir Chakravarti -- Patronage and irrigation in Tamil Nadu : a long-term view/ David Ludden -- Pastoralism as reflected in the classical Tamil theory of landscapes/ Kamil V. Zvelebil -- III. Cult traditions, topography, and perceptions -- Landscapes in conflict : flocks, hero-stones, and cult in early medieval Maharashtra/ Ajay Dandekar -- In which part of south Asia did the early Brahmanical tradition (1st millennium BC) take its form?/ Kumkum Roy -- Perceiving the forest : early India/ Romila Thapar -- Tirthas and acculturation : an anthropological study/ Vijay Nath -- IV. Agricultural expansion, pastoralism, and ecology -- Early south Indian society and economy : the Tinai concept/ K. Sivathamby -- Agrarian expansion/ R.S. Sharma -- Geographical setting and agrarian economy/ V.K. Jain -- Ethnohistory of pastoralism : a study of Kuruvas and Gollas/ M.L.K. Murty -- Settlements and economy/ Nayanjot Lahiri -- V. Botany in early India -- Life, forests, and plant sciences in ancient India/ Anil Rawat.
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