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020 _a9780198070009 (hbk.)
020 _a0198070004 (hbk.)
040 _cCUS
082 0 4 _a3333.70934
_bKAP/E
245 0 0 _aEnvironmental history of early India :
_ba reader /
_cedited by Nandini Sinha Kapur.
260 _aNew Delhi ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2011.
300 _axxxv, 282 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-279).
505 0 0 _gI.
_tForests, deforestation, state, legitimation, and settlement pattern --
_tOf tribes, hunters and barbarians : forest dwellers in the Mauryan Period /
_rAloka Parasher-Sen --
_tWilderness and kingship in ancient south Asia /
_rNancy E. Falk --
_tThe study of settlement patterns in the Cōḷa Period : some perspectives /
_rR. Champakalakshmi --
_tAn aspect of rural landscape in the Rashtrakuta Kingdom /
_rShyam Narayan Lal --
_gII.
_tWater resources, irrigation, and landscapes --
_tNatural resources and human settlements : perceiving the environment in India /
_rRanabir Chakravarti --
_tPatronage and irrigation in Tamil Nadu : a long-term view /
_rDavid Ludden --
_tPastoralism as reflected in the classical Tamil theory of landscapes /
_rKamil V. Zvelebil --
_gIII.
_tCult traditions, topography, and perceptions --
_tLandscapes in conflict : flocks, hero-stones, and cult in early medieval Maharashtra /
_rAjay Dandekar --
_tIn which part of south Asia did the early Brahmanical tradition (1st millennium BC) take its form? /
_rKumkum Roy --
_tPerceiving the forest : early India /
_rRomila Thapar --
_tTirthas and acculturation : an anthropological study /
_rVijay Nath --
_gIV.
_tAgricultural expansion, pastoralism, and ecology --
_tEarly south Indian society and economy : the Tinai concept /
_rK. Sivathamby --
_tAgrarian expansion /
_rR.S. Sharma --
_tGeographical setting and agrarian economy /
_rV.K. Jain --
_tEthnohistory of pastoralism : a study of Kuruvas and Gollas /
_rM.L.K. Murty --
_tSettlements and economy /
_rNayanjot Lahiri --
_gV.
_tBotany in early India --
_tLife, forests, and plant sciences in ancient India /
_rAnil Rawat.
650 0 _aHuman ecology
_zIndia
_xHistory.
651 0 _aIndia
_xEnvironmental conditions.
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