Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements xi
List of Illustrations xiii
PART I
Introduction 3
1. Beginnings of Cartography in India and its Application in Early Antiquarian Investigations 9
2. Colonel Colin Mackenzie and the Discovery of Iron Age Megalithic Sites in South India 44
3. Birth of Prehistory in Europe: The India Connection Grace a Hugh Falconer 59
4. Robert Bruce Foote and After: A Century of Writing Indian Prehistory 83
5. Culture, Cognition and Gordon Childe: Some General Considerations 129
6. On Some Historiographical Aspects of Indological Studies 157
7. Some Observations about the Transition from Hunting- Gathering to Farming in India 193
8. Place of Peninsular India in the Past: Pivotal, not Peripheral 214
9. On Some Aspects of the Study of the Past in Andhra Pradesh 263
10. Heritage Management with Special Reference to Modern Impacts on Archaeological Sites of Lower Deccan 279
PART II
Introduction 305
11. 'Conquer the Whole World but Lose the Soul!' Don't We Need a Sociological Turn? 310
12. Writing Indian Prehistory and History: The Societal Dimension 325
13. "The Past is a Foreign Country," but Not in India: Crisis of Spirit Once Again? 339
14. The Other Archaeologists 368
15. India's Cultural Heritage and Public Education 376
16. Ancient Indian Thought: A Component of Liberal Education 390
17. Ancient Indian Ideals and Modern Realities 405
18. Demystifying Anthropology 422
19. Prehistoric or Deep Past and Its Contemporary Relevance 437
20. Cultural Heritage as a Bridge Across Continents 468
Index 487