Studying early India : archaeology, texts, and historical issues / by Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya

INTRODUCTORY: The study of early India -- ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORICAL ISSUES: Indian archaeology and the epic traditions --Transition to the early historical phase in the Deccan: a note -- Geographical perspectives, culture change and linkages: some reflections on early Punjab -- Urban centres in early Bengal: archaeological perspectives -- TEXTS AND HISTORICAL ISSUES: The City in early India: perspective from texts -- 'Autonomous Spaces' and the authority of the state: the contradiction and its resolution in theory and practice in early India -- Historical context of the early medieval temples of north India -- 'Reappearance' of the Goddess of the Brahmanical mode of appropriation: some early epigraphic evidence bearing on Goddess cults -- Other, or the others? Varieties of difference in Indian society at the turn of the first millennium and their historiographical implications -- HISTORIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY AS COMMUNICATION: Trends of research on ancient Indian economic history -- State and economy in North India: fourth century to twelfth century -- Cultural plurality, contending memories and concerns of comparative history: historiography and pedagogy in contemporary India