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Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A Source Book of the Archaeology of Assam and Other States of North-Eastern India
Author: History, Culture & Archaeology of Assam
Author: Religion in Early Assam
Author: Rena LaisramPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527533468
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This volume offers a fresh approach to the existing literature on religion in Early Assam, bringing together perspectives from the fields of archaeology, religion, history and heritage. For decades, the Naraka legend has been incorporated into history without due critical attention and analysis of the historical context, while archaeological studies in religion have been largely descriptive. The sacred landscape of the erstwhile Prāgjyotiṣa and Kāmarūpa kingdoms had linkages with the history of other parts of India, and beyond. This book offers a comprehensive reconstruction of religion in Early Assam based on an exhaustive use of archaeological sources. It opens with a useful overview of the conceptual and methodological foundations of religion, archaeology and history. Heritage conservation of sacred sites such as Kāmākhyā which face the impact of rapid urbanization illustrates implications for Assam’s history and identity.
History and Archaeology of North-East India
Author: Paromita DasPublisher:
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Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The book is an exhaustive study of the archaeology of Guwahati from the 5th century A.D.to the end of the pre-colonial period in Assam. The history of the city is traced based primarily on itsmaterial remains, inscriptions, coins and sculptures. Pragjyotispura was the ancient name of Guwahati and it was the capital of the legendary Naraka, thebuilder of the original Kamakhya temple. Scholars,and students will benefit from its study
A Source Book of the Numismatic Studies in North East India
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Category : Numismatics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Articles and papers, most previously published.
The Music and Musical Instruments of North Eastern India
Author: Dilip Ranjan BarthakurPublisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170998815
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A Comprehensive Study Dealing With Music Of North-Eastern India With Special Emphasis On Musical Instruments Of Assam. Has Over 75 Colour Illustrations Which Add To The Usefulness Of The Book.
Prehistory and Archaeology of Northeast India
Author: Manjil HazarikaPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199474660
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The book is a multi-disciplinary approach and has as its the objective the reconstruction of the subsistence strategies and way of life of the prehistoric communities in Northeast India and their movements, dispersals and settlements. This evidence is gathered from ecological, ethnographical, anthropological and genetic sciences to inspire an interpretation of the available archaeological data for examining linguistic hypotheses of early migration and dispersals ofpeople in this region.
Approaches to History
Author: Sabyasachi BhattacharyaPublisher: Primus Books
ISBN: 9380607172
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
History as a social science is arguably more self-reflective than associated disciplines in that family. Other social scientists seem to see little reason to look beyond the paradigm they are developing in the present times. Historians on the other hand, tend to depend on the cumulative process of the development of their craft and the fund of accumulated knowledge. Yet, while this is acknowledged in the practice of research, Historiography in itself as a subject of study has rarely found its place in the syllabi of Indian universities. Knowledge of Historiography is taken for granted when a scholar plunges into research. In an attempt to address this lacuna, the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) has planned a series of volumes on Historiography comprising articles by subject specialists commissioned by the ICHR. The first volume in the series, Approaches to History: Essays in Indian Historiography brings to the readers the first fruits of that endeavour. While the essays encompass areas of research presently at the frontiers of new research, scholars will also find the bibliographies accompanying the essays of significant appeal.
Himalayan Architecture
Author: Ronald M. BernierPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838636022
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This broad treatment of architecture throughout the region of the Himalaya mountains is the first book of its kind. The author has based this study on many years of research in Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, and the Darjeeling area of northeast India, northern Pakistan, and Himachal Pradesh in India's northwest. These areas make up an artistic and, to some degree, a cultural unit. It is unique and definable for its design qualities as well as its use of materials. Dramatic and lofty structures rise as towering palaces and as temples dedicated to Hindu and Buddhist ideals. The impact of neighboring Tibet and India is often evident in the art, but other influences are found as well. The area has not been isolated, as some studies suggest, but was in fact always linked to the rest of Asia and to the West by means of the Silk Road, at least since the second century B.C. This study progresses from east to west, beginning in the foothills of India's Assam. It is richly illustrated with photographs, most of which are the author's or his wife's, and many of the photographs are published here for the first time. The archives of the Archaeological Survey of India and the Department of Archaeology of His Majesty's Government of Nepal are also used here.
The Anthropology of North-East India
Author: Tanka Bahadur SubbaPublisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN: 9788125023357
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This book has been written to cater to the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of Anthropology and Sociology. It takes stock of the work done in the Anthropology of North-East India, and deals in four sections with various aspects of this question. Section I focuses on prehistoric Anthropology, section II looks at the colonial context and its effect on policy and perceptions about the North-East. Section III, on Biological Anthropology and section IV on Social Anthropology.