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  • Coastal Shrines and Transnational Maritime Networks across India and Southeast Asia
    Himanshu Prabha Ray
    This book breaks new ground by examining trans-oceanic connectivity through the perspective of coastal shrines and maritime cultural landscapes across the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea. It covers a period of expanding networks and cross-cultural encounters from the 3rd century BCE to the 13th century CE. ...
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    79,92 €

  • Negotiating Cultural Identity
    Himanshu Prabha Ray
    This volume breaks new ground by conceptualizing landscape as a dynamic cultural complex in which the natural world and human practice are inextricably linked and are constantly interacting. The work will be especially useful to scholars and researchers of archaeology, social history, art history and anthropology. ...
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    79,86 €

  • Decolonising Heritage in South Asia
    Himanshu Prabha Ray
    This book examines the stability of heritage as a concept. It interrogates the past which materializes through multi-layered narratives on monuments and other objects that sustain cultural diversity. It will be useful for scholars and researchers of history, heritage studies, archaeology, cultural studies, tourism studies and political history.< ...
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    79,89 €

  • The Archaeology of Knowledge Traditions of the Indian Ocean World
    Himanshu Prabha Ray
    This book looks at the long cultural, ethnic and commercial links between the Indian subcontinent and maritime Southeast Asia in the pre-modern period. Through an analysis of archaeological and historical records, it identifies and highlights the overlapping of knowledge traditions and the shared culture across the seas. ...
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    89,29 €

  • Buddhism and Gandhara
    Himanshu Prabha Ray
    This book re-examines the archaeological material excavated in the region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and traces the link between archaeological work, histories of museum collections and related interpretations by art historians. The essays in the volume underscore the diverse cultural traditions of Gandhara as well as interr ...
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    90,67 €

  • Archaeology and Buddhism in South Asia
    Himanshu Prabha Ray
    This book traces the archaeological trajectory of the expansion of Buddhism and its regional variations in South Asia.  The work underlines that relic and image worship were important features in the spread of Buddhism, and examines the significance of the histories of monastic complexes as also religious travel and pilgrimage. ...
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    77,76 €

  • Negotiating Cultural Identity
    Himanshu Prabha Ray
    This book draws on research by archaeologists, numismatists and historians on the social and cultural construction of landscapes in India. It deals with the perception, use and representation of the landscape as an essential dimension of life in the early medieval period. ...
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    90,54 €

  • The Return of the Buddha
    Himanshu Prabha Ray
    The Return of the Buddha traces the development of Buddhist archaeology in colonial India, examines its impact on the reconstruction of India’s Buddhist past, and the making of a public and academic discourse around these archaeological discoveries. The book discusses the role of the state and modern Buddhist institutions in the reconstitution of national heritage through promu...
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    94,59 €

  • The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia
    Himanshu Prabha Ray
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    100,22 €