Author: John MarshallPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Taxila
Author: John MarshallThe Archaeology of South Asia
Author: Robin ConinghamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316418987
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began, to the spread of Buddhism accompanying the Mauryan Emperor Asoka's reign (third century BCE). The authors examine the growth and character of the Indus civilisation, with its town planning, sophisticated drainage systems, vast cities and international trade. They also consider the strong cultural links between the Indus civilisation and the second, later period of South Asian urbanism which began in the first millennium BCE and developed through the early first millennium CE. In addition to examining the evidence for emerging urban complexity, this book gives equal weight to interactions between rural and urban communities across South Asia and considers the critical roles played by rural areas in social and economic development. The authors explore how narratives of continuity and transformation have been formulated in analyses of South Asia's Prehistoric and Early Historic archaeological record.
The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia
Author: Frank Raymond AllchinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521376952
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A study of the cities and states of South Asia between c.800BC and AD 250.
A Guide to Taxila
Author: John MarshallPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107615445
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
This book was written to provide a concise guide to the ruins of Taxila, excavation of which was led by British archaeologist John Marshall.
The Geography of Gandhāran Art
Author: Wannaporn RienjangPublisher: Archaeopress
ISBN: 1789691877
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Gandhāran art is usually regarded as a single phenomenon – a unified regional artistic tradition or 'school'. Indeed it has distinctive visual characteristics, materials, and functions, and is characterized by its extensive borrowings from the Graeco-Roman world. Yet this tradition is also highly varied. Even the superficial homogeneity of Gandhāran sculpture, which constitutes the bulk of documented artistic material from this region in the early centuries AD, belies a considerable range of styles, technical approaches, iconographic choices, and levels of artistic skill. The geographical variations in Gandhāran art have received less attention than they deserve. Many surviving Gandhāran artefacts are unprovenanced and the difficulty of tracing substantial assemblages of sculpture to particular sites has obscured the fine-grained picture of its artistic geography. Well documented modern excavations at particular sites and areas, such as the projects of the Italian Archaeological Mission in the Swat Valley, have demonstrated the value of looking at sculptures in context and considering distinctive aspects of their production, use, and reuse within a specific locality. However, insights of this kind have been harder to gain for other areas, including the Gandhāran heartland of the Peshawar basin. Even where large collections of artworks can be related to individual sites, the exercise of comparing material within and between these places is still at an early stage. The relationship between the Gandhāran artists or 'workshops', particular stone sources, and specific sites is still unclear. Addressing these and other questions, this second volume of the Gandhara Connections project at Oxford University’s Classical Art Research Centre presents the proceedings of a workshop held in March 2018. Its aim is to pick apart the regional geography of Gandhāran art, presenting new discoveries at particular sites, textual evidence, and the challenges and opportunities of exploring Gandhāra’s artistic geography.
taxila an illustrated account of archaeological excavations
Author: Marshall JohnPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Between the Empires
Author: Patrick OlivellePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199775071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
This volume is the result of an international conference organized by the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas. Patrick Olivelle has collected and edited the best papers to emerge from the conference. Part I of the book looks at what can be construed from archeological evidence. Part II concerns itself with the textual evidence for the period. Taken together, these essays offer an unprecedented look at Indian culture and society in this distant epoch.
The Marshall Albums
Author: Sepia International Inc. and the Alkazi Collection of PhotographyPublisher: Mapin Publishing Pvt
ISBN: 9781890206451
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The photographic archive has been digitally catalogued and documented, and is accessed by researchers, curators, historians and teams of scholars. The material is now being made available to a larger academic community and the general public through a series of publications that are accompanied by exhibitions and seminars. Each volume, under the editorship of a specialist in the field, examines a particular region or topic represented in the archive, encouraging cross-disciplinary approaches and interpretations. --Book Jacket.
Annual Report
Author: Archaeological Survey of IndiaPublisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
1902/03 includes list: Archaeological reports published under official authority.
The Historic City Of Taxila
Author: Ahmad Hasan DaniPublisher:
ISBN: 9789693509472
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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