The Archaeology of Coastal Bengal

Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

360 Seiten

2018
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-948168-2 (ISBN)

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This book investigates the vast geo-physical features of the coastal region of West Bengal stretching from the Sundarbans, the Brahmaputra-Ganga delta, and Orissa. The settlement strategies in terms of the genesis and their continuity till date are extensively discussed. The book also explores the validation of equating sea-faring activities only with trade

Research work on coastal Bengal has mostly focused on maritime trading networks. In a clear departure from the existing scholarship, this volume questions the linearity of considering trade as the sole determinant of creation of settlement in the coastal regions. Focusing on settlement strategies, Chattopadhyay unravels how human societies, through successive generations, have adapted to the coastal environment and bioregime.

First-hand data, procured through extensive fieldwork, forms the sound basis of this work. From structural remains, ceramic and bone implements, and stone tools, to terracotta figurines and inscriptions, a vast array of sources, including epigraphic and literary sources, is analysed. Significantly, the volume also highlights the interconnection between coastal geography and the hinterland.

Chattopadhyay's meticulously researched work offers a geographical and temporal frame which allows the research on coastal Bengal to be viewed as an integral part of the archaeological developments in not only the subcontinent but also the adjoining region of the Southeast Asian countries.

Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay is Paresh Chandra Chatterjee Professor of History, Presidency University, Kolkata, India. He has published widely in national and international journals on various issues related to the archaeology of the middle and lower Ganga valley, the eastern Indian plateau, and the eastern Indian littoral. He has also written on eastern Indian prehistory, protohistory, Indian religions, Indian art and iconography, the political history of the Satavahanas and the western Kshatrapas, and the ancient Indian caste system. His major publications include Bankura: A Study of Its Archaeological Sources (2010).

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
Prologue
1. Historiography
2. Quaternary of the Bengal Coast
3. Geophysical Features of Coastal West Bengal
4. Distribution of Sites/Settlements
5. Assemblage Analysis
6. Inscriptions and Coastal Life
Epilogue
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	29.10.2018
Zusatzinfo	b/w illus.
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 224 mm
Gewicht	502 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-19-948168-7 / 0199481687
ISBN-13	978-0-19-948168-2 / 9780199481682
Zustand	Neuware