Mahasthan Record Revisited

Querying the Empire from a Regional Perspective

Susmita Basu Majumdar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

120 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-52070-4 (ISBN)

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This book attempts a re-reading of this inscription and also provides a fresh interpretation. It tries to situate this record in a broader canvas by interrogating the record along with several other evidence.

A small record consisting of six to seven lines that has been published by eminent epigraphists several times, would require a fresh interpretation was almost beyond imagination. It was by chance that the Indian Museum displayed the Mahasthan stone plaque, and after seeing this record, several questions arose which demanded a fresh interpretation, and this enquiry finally culminated into this slim monograph.

The book attempts a re-reading of this inscription and also provides a fresh interpretation. It tries to situate this record in a broader canvas by interrogating the record along with several other evidences. This finally leads us to look at the Mauryan Empire from a regional perspective.

Susmita Basu Majumdar, Professor, Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta, specializes in early Indian epigraphy and numismatics. Her research interests also include history of medicine and surgery and history of early Indian religion, especially Ājivikism and Śaivism. Her publications include: The Mauryas in Karnataka (Kolkata, 2016) and Money and Money Matters in Pre-modern South Asia (co-edited with S.K. Bose, New Delhi, 2019).

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Mahasthan and the Discovery of the Record

2. Mahasthan Fragmentary Stone Record Revisited

3. Sohgaura Bronze Plaque Contextualized

4. More on Granary, Treasury, Grains and Money

5. In and Out of Emergency

6. The Mahasthan Record Reassessed

7. Querying the Empire

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Index

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Erscheinungsdatum	15.10.2024
Zusatzinfo	8 Halftones, color; 8 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, color; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	220 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-52070-1 / 1032520701
ISBN-13	978-1-032-52070-4 / 9781032520704
Zustand	Neuware