Artefacts of history : archaeology, historiography and Indian pasts /
Guha, Sudeshna,
Artefacts of history : archaeology, historiography and Indian pasts / Sudeshna Guha. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
9789351501657 (electronic bk.) 9351501655 (electronic bk.) 9789351505167 9351505162
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Archaeology--India.
Historiography--India.
Archéologie--Inde.
HISTORY--India & South Asia.--Asia
Antiquities.
Archaeology.
Historiography.
India--Antiquities.
India--Historiography.
Inde--Antiquités.
India.
Electronic books.
DS418
954.0072
Artefacts of history : archaeology, historiography and Indian pasts / Sudeshna Guha. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
9789351501657 (electronic bk.) 9351501655 (electronic bk.) 9789351505167 9351505162
2120684 Proquest Ebook Central
GBB6F5270 bnb GBB5B6623 bnb
017811109 Uk 017507107 Uk
Archaeology--India.
Historiography--India.
Archéologie--Inde.
HISTORY--India & South Asia.--Asia
Antiquities.
Archaeology.
Historiography.
India--Antiquities.
India--Historiography.
Inde--Antiquités.
India.
Electronic books.
DS418
954.0072