Ryosuke Furui, Land and Society in Early South Asia: Eastern India 400-1250 AD (original) (raw)
Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies Volume 1: Contexts, 2020
As a part of the "Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies, vol1 : Contexts," this chapter is an introduction to the political complexities in South Asia between 300 BCE and 300 CE. It is an open-access article available at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110607741-005
Social Scientist (September - October 2024), 2024
The preface to this new veritable sourcebook on Vākā৬aka, Śilāhāra dynasties and Valkhā chiefs of central and western India, of the Wainganga-Penganga doab, Kolhapur and the Konkan and Ratnagiri coasts underlines that it is an attempt to retrieve some aspects of economic history, with a distinctive focus on the role of land, agriculture and money in defining contours of socioeconomic formation during a span of more than a millennium (circa 100 to circa 1300 CE). Data from more than four hundred and seventy settlements figuring in nearly 140 inscriptions, about forty archaeological sites and several numismatic finds (all represented in eight maps) form the basis of this study. Spatially, it covers forested areas, plateaux, marshy creeks and coastal territories of the aforesaid geographical spaces. An invaluable work for those who are unfamiliar with the subject.
Ancient India -An Introductory Bibliography
2021
Ancient India is a vast subject with an equally large number of published works available. The following is not a comprehensive bibliography of the subject, but an introduction to some of the general introductions to Ancient India, as well as other advanced introductions or specialised works available to undergraduate and graduate students interested in further research. In addition, candidates preparing for the UPSC examinations (in particular the History Optional) may find the starred general and advanced introductions to Ancient India helpful, as they provide a clear, concise overview to the period that is easily adaptable to a study plan or notebook. For the ease of the student, works on this bibliography have been limited to textbooks, book chapters, or monographs. Many of the works listed have detailed bibliographies containing article publications.
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2020. Evidence for Early South Asia: Indic Sources
Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies Volume 1: Contexts, 2020
This chapter is an introduction to literary, epigraphic, archaeological, and numismatic sources for the study of economic history of South Asia (300 BCE and 300 CE). It is an open-access article available at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110607741-015
A Subcontinent in Enduring Ties with an Enclosed Ocean (c.1000-1500 CE)
Journal of Medieval Worlds, vol. 1, no. 2, 2019
The waning influence of a Eurocentric paradigm paves the way for a close look at the maritime situation of the Indian subcontinent in the Indian Ocean during the first half of the second millennium C.E. Situated at the centre of the Indian Ocean, the two seaboards of the subcontinent, along with Sri Lanka, appear in a wide variety of sources-literary (including letters of Jewish merchants), epigraphic, archaeological (including shipwreck archaeology)-as sites of vibrant commerce and cultural transactions across the sea. Nomenclatures and the historical geography of the Indian Ocean also form parts of the discussion. This essay pays particular attention to the exchange in daily necessity commodities, including plant products. A survey of ports dotting both the coasts of the subcontinent suggests the dynamic character of premier ports, shaped by their relation with subsidiary ports and their respective hinterlands and forelands. The paper highlights the role of seafaring groups, especially the shipowners , active in and beyond South Asia. The available evidence irrefutably demonstrates that Indic people did take to sea during pre-modern times, thereby driving home the inefficacy of the taboos on seafaring in Sanskrit normative texts. To what extent the Indian Ocean experienced political contestations has been discussed in the light of a 14 th century Latin Crusade tract. The advent of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean in 1498 did not signal the Age of Discoveries in the Indian Ocean in the light of seafaring in this maritime zone during 1000-1500 CE phase. PROLOGUE This is a story of the engagements of a subcontinent, located in Asia-the largest continent on the planet-with its surrounding maritime space, the Indian Ocean. Our narrative focuses on the first five centuries of the second millennium C.E.: the choice of this particular chronological span will be explained shortly. The Indian subcontinent, often considered synonymous with the South Asian subcontinent, is indeed a vast landmass with immense physical and natural diversity. Very large areas of the subcontinent, watered by mighty, glacier-fed rivers from the Himalayas and blessed by two monsoons (albeit not without the uncertainties of the seasonal rainfall), are extremely suitable for agricultural † The subtitle of this essay obviously takes the cue from J.