Iron and Social Change in Early IndiaBhairabi Prasad Sahu The role iron technology played in the development of a settled agrarian civilisation in India has long been controversially debated. In this volume, B.P. Sahu introduces a selection of seminal essays by leading scholars in the field, including D.D. Kosambi, R.S. Sharma, D.K.Chakrabarti and Shereen Ratnagar. Each thesis is placed in its historical and theoretical context, clarifying the dimensions of this ongoing and tangled debate. Seeking to give a fully comprehensive overview, Sahu also includes a collection of essays offering fresh regional perspectives on Northern and Central India, Kathiawar and Tamil Nadu. |
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... population between 500 and 1,000 people . There are only 4 settlements which are above 4 hect in size and which could have accommodated a population between 1,200 and 1,300 except in the case of Radhan where the resident population ...
... population between 500 and 1,000 people . There are only 4 settlements which are above 4 hect in size and which could have accommodated a population between 1,200 and 1,300 except in the case of Radhan where the resident population ...
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... population and characteristics of the terrain . However , the most important aspect of this exploited territory both in theory and practice is the capacity of the human population to exploit an area effectively . This effective ...
... population and characteristics of the terrain . However , the most important aspect of this exploited territory both in theory and practice is the capacity of the human population to exploit an area effectively . This effective ...
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... population that could have existed at a particular time is around 2,400 . This figure should not be out of mark for a site which was 8.75 hect . in size . Requirement of Food Grains A variety of cultivars have been found in ...
... population that could have existed at a particular time is around 2,400 . This figure should not be out of mark for a site which was 8.75 hect . in size . Requirement of Food Grains A variety of cultivars have been found in ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ancient Kosala and Magadha | 35 |
Material Background of the Origin of Buddhism | 42 |
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Age in India agrarian agricultural Ancient India arrowheads Aryans Atranjikhera axes Beginning of Iron Bihar black-and-red ware brahmanical bronze Buddha Buddhist century BC Chakrabarti chalcolithic Chirand context copper craft cultivation D.D. Kosambi Delhi deposits district Doab earlier Early India Early Iron Age economic excavations forests Ganga basin Ganga valley Ganga-Yamuna valley Gangetic plains Ghosh Harappan Hastinapura Ibid Indian Archaeology Indian History Indian iron Indus introduction of iron Iron Age iron objects iron technology iron tools Kathiawar Kosambi land later Vedic Magadha material culture Mauryan megalithic menpulam metal metallurgy middle Gangetic plains millennium BC NBPW NBPW levels NBPW period NBPW phase neolithic neolithic-chalcolithic Patna plough pottery Prakash pre-NBPW production Puratattva R.N. Mehta R.S. Sharma Rajghat region rice settlements sickles Singh society soil Sonepur south India stage surplus Tamilakam Taxila Thapar tools and implements trade Ujjain upper Ganga urbanization Uttar Pradesh vanpulam Wheeler