The Making of Early Kashmir - Intercultural Networks and Identity Formation

This is the first full-length history of early Kashmir locating it beyond its regional context, from pre-history to the 13th century. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, and South Asian studies.

Table des matières

List of figures
Preface
1 Introduction
2 A Mosaic of Plural Sources: Immigrations, Interactions and the Cultural Foundations of Kashmir
3 A World Within a World: Encounters With Cosmopolitan Ecumenes and Transculturation (From Greeks to Huns)
4 Empire at the Frontier: The Kashmir Empire and Cross-Cultural Networks (Karkotas to Loharas)
5 Shared History: Kashmir and the Immediate Borderlands
6 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

A propos de l'auteur

Muhammad Ashraf Wani is former Professor and Head, Department of History, Dean, Social Sciences and Dean, Academic Affairs at the University of Kashmir. He has also served as Sectional President of the Indian History Congress and as a member of the Indian Council of Historical Research. He is the author of Islam in Kashmir and the co-author of Prehistory of Kashmir. For many years now, he has developed interest in early history of Kashmir and the present work is the outcome of this academic preoccupation of the author.
Aman Ashraf Wani is Senior lecturer in the School Education Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. He has done PhD in ancient history of Kashmir and is the co-author of Prehistory of Kashmir.

Résumé

This is the first full-length history of early Kashmir locating it beyond its regional context, from pre-history to the 13th century. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, and South Asian studies.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Aman Ashraf Wani, Muhammad Ashraf Wani
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032435220
• ISBN: 978-1-032-43522-0
• Pages: 334
• Poids: 620 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Antiquité; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Ancient World, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / General