A Social History of Early IndiaBrajadulal Chattopadhyaya Contributed seminar papers. |
Contents
Sanskrit | ix |
General Introduction | xv |
P Chattopadhyaya | xxiv |
Introduction | xxxi |
Archaeology and Some Aspects of the Social History of Early India | 3 |
Its Regions and Peoples | 21 |
An Interrogation | 29 |
A Study of the Manusmṛti | 43 |
Beliefs Practices and Social Internalization in Modes of Daily Living | 117 |
Relationships and Interactions in the Economic Sphere | 129 |
Brāhmaṇa Settlements in Ancient and Early Medieval India | 157 |
Religious Developments in North India | 179 |
Temples as Sites of Social and Religious Interaction | 199 |
An Overview | 213 |
Gender and Transcendence in Early India | 233 |
Modes of Articulation of Popular Culture in Early India | 269 |
Common terms and phrases
agrarian agriculture Ancient India archaeological B.D. Chattopadhyaya Bengal brahmadeyas Brāhmaṇa Brāhmaṇa settlements Brāhmaṇical bronze Buddha Buddhist Calcutta Cankam caste centres century BC Chakravarti Côla context crafts craftsmen cultural D.C. Sircar D.D. Kosambi Delhi dharma Dharmaśāstras early historic Early India Early Medieval India economic emergence evidence female festival feudal Ganga gender goddess groups Gupta Harappan Hindu Ibid ideology images Indian History Indian society inscriptions Jaina Jainism Jātaka jāti Kāma Kayasthas Kerala king kinship Kṣatriya land grants literature Mahābhārata Mahāyāna male Manimekalai Manu Manusmrti Medhātithi mentioned metal millennium Motilal Banarsidass Munshiram Manoharlal Niṣāda norms Pallava Perspectives poems political Purāṇa Purāņas R.S. Sharma reference region relations religious ritual role royal ruler Sanskrit sexual smṛti social history South India southern India spiritual status structure Studies subcontinent Śūdra suggest Tamil Tamil Nadu temple texts trade traditions tribal urban various varna Vedas Vedic village women worship