TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chattopadhyaya,Brajadulal
TI  - The making of early medieval India
SN  - 0195634152 :
AV  - DS451 .C487 1994
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Delhi, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - 324 B.C.-1000 A.D
KW  - 1000-1526
N1  - Maps on end papers; Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-252) and index; 1. Introduction: The Making of Early Medieval India -- 2. Irrigation in Early Medieval Rajasthan -- 3. Origin of the Rajputs: The Political, Economic and Social Processes in Early Medieval Rajasthan -- 4. Markets and Merchants in Early Medieval Rajasthan -- 5. Early Memorial Stones of Rajasthan: A Preliminary Analysis of Their Inscriptions -- 6. Trade and Urban Centres in Early Medieval North India -- 7. Urban Centres in Early Medieval India: An Overview -- 8. Political Processes and the Structure of Polity in Early Medieval India -- 9. Religion in a Royal Household: A Study of Some Aspects of Rajasekhara's Karpuramanjari
N2  - The Making of Early Medieval India is a collection of essays which together seek to explore the processes and nature of change in Indian society over a period of about six hundred years, approximately between the seventh and the thirteenth centuries. The notion of change articulated in these essays marks a radical departure from what exists in the current historiography of the period; Change here is shown as being represented by processes of progressive transformation, and not - as in the available visions of the period - by the breakdown of an earlier social order. Laying methodological stress on identifying and analysing major historical processes at a pan-Indian level, as well as in relation to different territorial segments, the essays thus provide an alternative perspective on the making of early medieval society in India; . The empirical material which is examined in depth in these essays relates to diverse themes: irrigation; urbanization; the formation of a dominant ruling caste and political processes; and the structure of polity in general. The Introductory essay provides an overview of historiography, as well as of the major directions of its change. It makes cross-regional references in order to underline the fact that comparable processes of change were in operation in all parts of the country
ER  -