Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States / Edition 1

by F. R. Allchin

Overview

Drawing on archaeological studies, texts, and inscriptions, this analysis explores the character of the early Indian cities that developed between c. B.C. 800 and A.D. 250. It pays particular attention to their art and architecture and analyzes the political ideas that shaped the state systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900521376951
Publication date:	09/07/1995
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

Table of Contents

1. The archaeology of early historic South Asia; 2. The environmental context; 3. The end of Harappan urbanism and its legacy; 4. Language, culture and the concept of ethnicity; 5. Dark Age or continuum? An archaeological analysis of the second urban development in South Asia; 6. The prelude to urbanisation: ethnogenesis and the rise of late Vedic chiefdoms; 7. City states of north India and Pakistan at the time of the Buddha; 8. Early cities and states beyond the Ganges valley; 9. The rise of cities in Sri Lanka; 10. The Mauryan state and empire; 11. Mauryan architecture and art; 12. Post-Mauryan states of mainland South Asia (c.185BC–AD 320); 13. The emergence of cities and states: concluding synthesis.