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100			_aAlbery, Henry & Others Eds. _989734
245			_aPower, presence and space : South Asian rituals in archaeological context
260			_aNew York _bRoutledge _c2021
300			_axvii,293p.
440			_aArchaeology and religions in South Asia Ed. by Himanshu Prabha Ray _989735
505			_aList 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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650			_aColor photography _aMacht _aSu�dasien _aRitual / South Asia / History _aSouth Asia / Religious life and customs
650			_aIslamic art