03510cam a2200469 i 4500 18851275 BD-DhUL 20170308151316.0 151109s2016 caua b 001 0 eng 2015039148 9789351506461 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9789351506478 (ebook) 9789351506454 (ePub) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc a-ii--- DS419 .S53 2016 934.01 SME Smith, Vincent A. The edicts of Asoka / Vincent A. Smith. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, xlii, 439 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. I. Contextualizing inscriptions -- Sanchi : the history of the patronage of an ancient Buddhist establishment -- Nagarjunakonda : Buddhism in the "City of Victory" -- Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC to AD 200) -- Early medieval Orissa : the data and the debate -- II. Archaeologists and the modern histories of ancient sites -- Archaeologists and architectural scholars in 19th century India -- Amaravati : the dismembering of the Mahacaitya (1797-1886) -- Buddhism, archaeology, and the nation : Nagarjunakonda (1926-2006) -- Exile and return : the reinvention of Buddhism and Buddhist sites in modern India -- III. The intersection of political ideas and practice -- Governing the state and the self : political philosophy and practice in the edicts of Asoka -- Politics, violence, and war in Kamandaka's Nitisara -- The power of a poet : kingship, empire, and war in Kalidasa's Raghuvaṃśa -- IV. Looking beyond India to Asia -- Gifts from other lands : Southeast Asian religious endowments in India -- Politics, piety, and patronage : the Burmese engagement with Bodhgaya. "This book engages with some of the most important issues, debates, and methodologies in the writings of ancient Indian history. Thematically structured into four sections, it critically addresses how the material remains of India's early past were discovered and understood in colonial and post-colonial times. The first section highlights the importance of a thorough empirical approach for understanding the process of social history and early medieval state formation. The second connects ancient and modern India, based extensively on archival sources. The third and fourth sections emphasize the important issue of ancient Indian intellectual history, underlining the significance of reconstructing the intellectual landscape of ancient India through a sensitive and yet critical historicization of its texts and inscriptions"--Provided by publisher. Archaeology and religion India. Archaeology Political aspects India. Buddhism India History. Excavations (Archaeology) India. Sacred space India. Inscriptions, Indic. India Antiquities. India History To 324 B.C. Sources. India History 324 B.C.-1000 A.D. Sources. India Intellectual life. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK rf14 2015-11-09 rf14 2015-11-09 telework episodic; to SL xn11 2016-05-23 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. 161052 161052 0 0 ddc 0 954_010000000000000_SME 1 REF 293980 DUL DUL RC 2017-03-08 Purchased 954.01 SME A1596 2017-03-08 2017-03-08 BK