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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Page 87
... types ( borers , elephant spikes , various types of iron vessels , structural iron , scale armour , keys , etc. ) . Although we do not dispose of the necessary data on the techniques and construction of tools by means of metallography ...
... types ( borers , elephant spikes , various types of iron vessels , structural iron , scale armour , keys , etc. ) . Although we do not dispose of the necessary data on the techniques and construction of tools by means of metallography ...
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... types of objects in the cairn - burials , among which occur three different types of arrowhead , sword , dagger , and knife . As the immediately pre - iron context is not at all clear in the context of Baluchistan , it is not possible ...
... types of objects in the cairn - burials , among which occur three different types of arrowhead , sword , dagger , and knife . As the immediately pre - iron context is not at all clear in the context of Baluchistan , it is not possible ...
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... types of forests we had in the Gangetic plain , in this section we shall consider the typology and the frequencies of iron tools found in PGW and NBPW periods to see if there is any difference between the two , as it has been often ...
... types of forests we had in the Gangetic plain , in this section we shall consider the typology and the frequencies of iron tools found in PGW and NBPW periods to see if there is any difference between the two , as it has been often ...
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