Bibliograph

Artefacts of history, archaeology, historiography and Indian pasts, Sudeshna Guha

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Artefacts of history, archaeology, historiography and Indian pasts, Sudeshna Guha

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-269) and index

Illustrations

plates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Artefacts of history

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

905599763

Responsibility statement

Sudeshna Guha

Sub title

archaeology, historiography and Indian pasts

Summary

"Through little known histories of the practices, governance and scholarship of the archaeology of India this book encourages a regard of the manner in which the past is recalled and historicized. It guides us to think afresh of the histories of antiquarianism in South Asia, explore the impetus of collecting and curatorial practices within the scholarship of pre-colonial India, and investigate the diverse historical linkages within the histories of Indian archaeology. It encourages a focus upon issues of historiography, methodology and notions of evidence for responding to the responsibilities and changing needs of the academic scholarship of archaeology"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Histories, historiography, archaeology : an introduction -- Antiquarianism and South Asia : questioning histories of origins -- Nineveh in Bombay : the curation of foreign antiquities and histories of india -- The connected histories of philology and archaeology -- Fashioning the unknown : Gordon Childe's imprints upon the Indus civilisation -- Civilisation, heritage and the archaeological scholarship -- Conclusion: A vision for archaeology : partition, nationalism and the Indian pasts

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