Power, presence and space : South Asian rituals in archaeological context

By:

Albery, Henry & Others Eds

Series: Archaeology and religions in South Asia Ed. by Himanshu Prabha RayPublication details: New York Routledge 2021Description: xvii,293pISBN:

9780367749408

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

203.80954 ALB

Contents:

List of tables and figures ix List of contributors xiii Preface xvi Introduction: The Archaeology of Ritual in South Asian Contexts 1 Part I: Power 17 1. Imagining Sacrifice in Ancient India: A Genealogy of Heesterman’s ‘Broken World’ 19 Robert Yelle 2. Rituals of Power: Coinage, Court Culture and Kingship under the Great Mughals 39 Shailendra Bhandare 3. Ritual as Performed Constitutions—Badagas in the Nilgiris District, 83 Frank Heidemann Part II: Presence 101 4. Codified Relic Theft and Buddhist Propaganda: (Re)-Dedicating the Buddha’s Relics in the Indic Northwest 103 Henry Albery 5. Naming Rituals and Sharing Power in the Time and Space of the Tamil Temple 141 Leslie Orr 6. Power, Processions, and the Festival Architecture of the Tamil temple 166 Crispin Branfoot Part III: Space 191 7. Money for Rituals: Akṣayanīvī and Related Inscriptions from Andhradeśa, 193 Ingo Strauch 8. Neither Cave nor Temple: Expressions of Power and Divinity in the Rock-Reliefs at Badami 215 Lisa Owen 9. Ritualising Land and Cultivating Distinctions: Medieval Period Donative Practices, and a Political Ecology of the Raichur Doab 233 Andrew Bauer 10. Sacred Frames: Knowledge, Culture and Ritual Agency in Ancient Tālukas of Karnataka (Late 10th–12th centuries) 258 Nupur Dasgupta Index 288

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List of tables and figures ix
List of contributors xiii
Preface xvi
Introduction: The Archaeology of Ritual in South Asian Contexts 1
Part I: Power 17
1. Imagining Sacrifice in Ancient India: A Genealogy of Heesterman’s ‘Broken World’ 19
Robert Yelle
2. Rituals of Power: Coinage, Court Culture and Kingship under the Great Mughals 39
Shailendra Bhandare
3. Ritual as Performed Constitutions—Badagas in the Nilgiris District, 83
Frank Heidemann
Part II: Presence 101
4. Codified Relic Theft and Buddhist Propaganda: (Re)-Dedicating the Buddha’s Relics in the Indic Northwest 103
Henry Albery
5. Naming Rituals and Sharing Power in the Time and Space of the Tamil Temple 141
Leslie Orr
6. Power, Processions, and the Festival Architecture of the Tamil temple 166
Crispin Branfoot
Part III: Space 191
7. Money for Rituals: Akṣayanīvī and Related Inscriptions from Andhradeśa, 193
Ingo Strauch
8. Neither Cave nor Temple: Expressions of Power and Divinity in the Rock-Reliefs at Badami 215
Lisa Owen
9. Ritualising Land and Cultivating Distinctions: Medieval Period Donative Practices, and a Political Ecology of the Raichur Doab 233
Andrew Bauer
10. Sacred Frames: Knowledge, Culture and Ritual Agency in Ancient Tālukas of Karnataka (Late 10th–12th centuries) 258
Nupur Dasgupta
Index 288

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