Before Genealogy?: Marking Descent in the Inscriptions of Early Historic India
This paper examines the forms of descent recorded in the Brāhmī inscriptions of early historic India (c. 300 bce–300 ce). I will argue that they afford us the possibility of viewing how non-noble groups traced kinship, lineage and ancestry. We see this in the development of kin networks; in the arti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2011
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2011, Volume: 5, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 245-265 |
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B gahapati B Genealogy B Inscriptions B Sanskrit language B metronymics B Aśoka B Kinship B Brāhmī B gotras |
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