Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra: transformations in early historic and early Medieval India
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 The Scope of the Project and Its Background -- Chapter 2 Historical Context -- Chapter 3 Previous Archaeological Work at Paithan -- Introductory Remarks on the Excavations -- Chapter 4 The Brick Temples in...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2020]
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| In: |
Beyond boundaries (volume 5)
Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Beyond boundaries
volume 5 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Paithan
/ Excavation
/ Findings
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| Further subjects: | B
Gupta
B agriculture B Archaeology B Vakataka B archaeology B Agriculture B Paithan (India) B RELIGION / Comparative Religion B Hindu temples B Hindu temple |
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| Rights Information: | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
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| Summary: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 The Scope of the Project and Its Background -- Chapter 2 Historical Context -- Chapter 3 Previous Archaeological Work at Paithan -- Introductory Remarks on the Excavations -- Chapter 4 The Brick Temples in Trench A -- Chapter 5 The Excavation of Trenches B, C, D, E and F -- Chapter 6 Periodisation and Dating of the Sequence -- Summary Remarks on the Excavations -- Brief Remarks on the Finds -- Chapter 7 The Pottery -- Chapter 8 The Small Finds and Glass -- Chapter 9 The Coins -- Chapter 10 Summary of the Finds from the 1996 and 1997 Excavations -- Chapter 11 Objects Displayed in the Balasaheb Patil Government Museum -- Introductory Remarks on the Environmental Evidence -- Chapter 12 Archaeobotany -- Chapter 13 The Faunal Remains -- Chapter 14 Paithan in Its Regional, Historical and Cultural Context -- Chapter 15 Paithan Excavation: Historical, Archaeological, Geographical and Epigraphical Contexts -- Reference list -- Appendix I List of recorded contexts -- General Author Index -- General Subject Index This book reports on excavations at Paithan in India revealed the development of two early Hindu temples from the 4th century to the 9th: the key formative phase of Hinduism. The temples started as small shrines but were elaborated into formal temples. In relation to these changes, the excavations revealed a sequence of palaeobotanical and palaeofaunal evidence that give insight into the economic and social changes that took place at that time |
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| ISBN: | 3110653540 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9783110653540 |