TY - BOOK AU - Kapur,Nandini Sinha,ed TI - Environmental history of early India: a reader SN - 9780198070009 U1 - 333.70934 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Human ecology KW - India KW - History KW - Ecology. KW - Human ecology. KW - Environmental conditions KW - India. N1 - 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 ER -